Chinese manufacturers have responded to US solar tariffs by moving their massive operations to nations where they will not face duties.

The Commerce Department announced preliminary dumping duties ranging from 21.31% to 271.2%, depending on the manufacturer.

The group, the American Alliance for Solar Manufacturing Trade Committee, accused big Chinese solar panel makers with factories in Malaysia, Cambodia, Vietnam and Thailand of causing global prices to collapse by dumping products into the market.

US trade officials announced on Friday a new round of tariffs on solar panel imports from four Southeast Asian nations after American manufacturers complained that companies there are flooding the market with unfairly cheap goods.

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