The Chinese Ministry of Commerce
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The Chinese government has issued an official statement on the recent EU ban on Chinese inverters in EU-funded PV projects.
“Without any factual evidence, the EU has for the first time classified China as a so-called ‘high risk country’ and on this pretext has banned financial support for projects using Chinese inverters,” the Chinese Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) said.
“The EU’s designation of China as a ‘high-risk country’ will undermine mutual trust between China and the EU, disrupt bilateral economic and trade cooperation, destabilize industrial and supply chains both within the China-EU context and globally, and even risk decoupling and further supply chain disruption,” the statement said.
“China urges the EU to immediately end the stigmatization of China by designating it as a ‘high-risk country’, and to eliminate unfair and discriminatory practices targeting Chinese products,” MOFCOM added. “China will closely monitor the situation, carefully assess the impact of EU policies on the interests of Chinese companies and on the industrial and supply chains between China and the EU, and take the necessary measures to safeguard the legitimate and lawful rights and protect interests of Chinese companies.”
No details about possible countermeasures have been disclosed.
MOFCOM also stated that the new measures excluding Chinese products could harm the EU itself, jeopardizing the green transition and energy security.
The EU announced on April 23 its plan to restrict financing of PV projects using inverters from high-risk suppliers. The list of high-risk countries includes China, Russia, Iran and South Korea.
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