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Chinese Export Surge Clouds U.S. Hopes of a Domestic Solar Boom

Chinese Export Surge Clouds U.S. Hopes of a Domestic Solar Boom

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Less than a year ago, CubicPV, which manufactures components for solar panels, announced that it had secured more than $100 million in financing to build a $1.4 billion factory in the United States. The company planned to produce silicon wafers, a critical part of the technology that allows solar panels to turn sunlight into electrical energy. The Massachusetts-based company called the investment a “direct result of the long-term industrial policy contained within the Inflation Reduction Act,” the 2022 law that directed billions of dollars to develop America’s domestic clean energy sectors. CubicPV was considering locations in Texas, where it would employ about 1,000 workers. But a surge of cheap solar panels from China upended that project. In February, CubicPV canceled its plans to build the factory over concerns it would no longer be financially viable thanks to a flood of Chinese exports. As CubicPV was gearing up to make wafers in the United States, prices of those components were dropping by 70 percent. The setback underscores the concerns rippling across the U.S. solar industry and …

Daily EV Recap: China looks to export EVs by the hundreds of thousands

Daily EV Recap: China looks to export EVs by the hundreds of thousands

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Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is now available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on Saturday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to guarantee new episodes are delivered as soon as they’re available. Stories we discuss in this episode (with links): Formula E again delays debut of 600kW mid-race charging This lamppost EV charger just went commercial in the US Tesla releases more details on Powerwall 3, confirms cheaper stack coming Electric cars are saving Americans billions — even people who don’t drive them China is exporting so many EVs that it needs more ships – a lot more Listen & Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Spotify TuneIn Share your thoughts! Drop us a line at [email protected]. You can also rate us in Apple Podcasts or recommend us in Overcast to help more people discover the show!  Add Electrek to your Google News feed.  FTC: We …

UK’s arms export procedures give Israel benefit of the doubt | Israel-Gaza war

UK’s arms export procedures give Israel benefit of the doubt | Israel-Gaza war

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Decisions on whether to suspend UK arms export licences are largely the preserve of a very small group of cabinet ministers advised by lawyers from the Foreign Office. The role of parliament, which used to have a specialist select committee overseeing arms exports, has been downgraded. Ministers like to give the impression that any decision is a considered examination of the evidence judged against the clear criteria that “the government will not grant a licence if it determines there is a clear risk that the items might be used to commit or facilitate a serious violation of international humanitarian law”. Ministers say this judgment is kept under review, with specific arms exports licences sometimes escalated to a higher level review. Broadly, the Foreign Office then provides advice to the business secretary, who is the ultimate decision-maker. In terms of international humanitarian law, the key relevant criteria are whether Israel is acting proportionately, seeks a distinction between civilian and military targets, and its actions do not create unnecessary suffering. Those criteria apply not only to the …

UK govt under pressure to suspend arms export licenses to Israel

UK govt under pressure to suspend arms export licenses to Israel

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Gaza’s health ministry collects data from the enclave’s hospitals and the Palestinian Red Crescent. The health ministry does not report how Palestinians were killed, whether from Israeli airstrikes and artillery barrages or errant Palestinian rocket fire. It describes all casualties as victims of “Israeli aggression”. The ministry also does not distinguish between civilians and combatants.  Throughout four wars and numerous skirmishes between Israel and Hamas, UN agencies have cited the Hamas-run health ministry’s death tolls in regular reports. The International Committee of the Red Cross and Palestinian Red Crescent also use the numbers. In the aftermath of war, the UN humanitarian office has published final death tolls based on its own research into medical records. The UN’s counts have largely been consistent with the Gaza health ministry’s, with small discrepancies.  For more on the Gaza health ministry’s tolls, click here. (FRANCE 24 with AP)  Source link

Boeing agrees to pay m over export violations in China and other countries | Boeing

Boeing agrees to pay $51m over export violations in China and other countries | Boeing

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Boeing said on Thursday it had reached a $51m settlement with the US state department for numerous export violations including Chinese employees in China improperly downloading documents related to US Pentagon programs. The state department said from 2013 through 2017 three Chinese employees at Boeing facilities in China downloaded technical data involving programs including the F-18, F-15 and F-22 fighter jets, the E-3 airborne warning and control system, the AH-64 Apache attack helicopter and the AGM84E cruise missile. Boeing said there were additional unauthorized downloads of technical data at Boeing and partner facilities in 18 countries, including Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Morocco, Russia, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Thailand, Taiwan, Ukraine and the United Kingdom from 2013 to 2018. The administrative settlement covers unauthorized exports of technical data and resolves 199 violations of the Arms Export Control Act and International Traffic in Arms Regulations, the state department said. The state department said the settlement “highlights the importance of exporting defense articles only pursuant to appropriate authorization” and followed “an extensive …

China’s next cultural export could be TikTok-style short soap operas

China’s next cultural export could be TikTok-style short soap operas

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Web novels are a unique form of literature that has been popular on the Chinese internet for much of the last two decades: long stories that are written and posted chapter by chapter every day. Each chapter can be read in less than 10 minutes, but installments will keep being added for months if not years. Readers become avid fans, waiting for the new chapter to come out every day and paying a few cents to access it. While some talented Chinese book authors got their big break by writing web novels, the majority of these works are the popcorn of literature, offering daily bite-size dopamine hits. For a while in the 2010s, some found an audience overseas too, with Chinese companies setting up websites to translate web novels into English. But in the age of TikTok, long text posts have become less popular online, and the web-novel industry is looking to pivot. Business executives have realized they can adapt these novels into super-short dramas. Both forms aim for the same market: people who want something …

South Korea and Japan beef up military export trade, showcase defence capabilities at Singapore Airshow

South Korea and Japan beef up military export trade, showcase defence capabilities at Singapore Airshow

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JAPAN EYEING ASIAN MARKET Meanwhile, Japan is also courting the foreign market following a shift in the country’s security policy, which opened its local defence industry to the global market. It is eyeing Asia, where defence spending is on the rise due to economic growth and China’s military expansion. Japan’s defence ministry has set up a booth at the Singapore Airshow for the first time, showcasing its capabilities from aircraft manufacturing to communications. It has also brought along 13 Japanese companies with the aim of supporting sales to other countries. Both Japan and South Korea are the United States’ most important allies in Asia. “For the case of Japan and Korea especially, they are very integrated into the Western supply chain. They’re interoperable with western systems,” said Aviation Week Network’s Asia Pacific senior correspondent Chen Chuanren.  “And I think more importantly is that given what’s happening around the world, many countries are looking to get military equipment fast and urgently, and (Korea, in particular,) has the capacity and the capability to generate and produce military equipment very easily for these …

The City must also ‘export’ its services to the rest of the UK

The City must also ‘export’ its services to the rest of the UK

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They point to the growth in overall City employment and the speed with which skyscrapers such as 22 Bishopsgate filled with tenants, despite concerns that hybrid working has made the traditional office redundant. In his speech, committee chairman Chris Hayward called for services — and particularly the City’s specialities of financial and professional services — to be given far greater priority in the Government’s trade policy.  Source link

Cape Town hit by ‘unimaginable’ stench from 19,000 cattle on live export ship | South Africa

Cape Town hit by ‘unimaginable’ stench from 19,000 cattle on live export ship | South Africa

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Authorities in Cape Town have launched an investigation after a foul stench swept over the South African city. Officials inspected sewage facilities for leaks and an environmental health team was activated before the source of the smell was discovered: a ship docked in the harbour carrying 19,000 live cattle from Brazil to Iraq. Zahid Badroodien, the official in the mayor’s office in charge of water and sanitation, wrote on social media that investigators had confirmed the source of the “sewage smell blanketing parts of the city” was the cattle ship. Animal welfare groups said the “unimaginable” stench indicated the conditions the animals faced on the vessel, and criticised the practice of live exports. The National Council of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) said that it strongly opposed the export of live animals by sea and that it had sent a veterinary consultant aboard the ship to assess the animals’ welfare. “This smell is indicative of the awful conditions the animals endure, having already spent two-and-a-half weeks onboard, with a buildup …

BYD mulls EV plant in Mexico as an ‘export hub’ to the US

BYD mulls EV plant in Mexico as an ‘export hub’ to the US

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As BYD continues its dominant global expansion, the EV maker’s latest target is a stone’s throw from the US. BYD is looking to establish an EV plant in Mexico as an “export hub” for the US. After slipping past Tesla in EV sales in the last three months of the year, BYD became the top-selling EV maker globally. BYD is now among the top ten global automakers for the first time. After dominating its home market of China, the company is expanding overseas. The automaker’s exports surged last year, with 242,765 units delivered across 70 countries. With low-cost, functional electric cars like the Dolphin, Atto 3, and Seal, BYD is gaining market share in key overseas markets. It’s already a leader in Japan, Thailand, Brazil, and others. The company has also recently launched new models in Mexico, Australia, India, and Europe. As BYD looks to expand its brand globally, it is opening new overseas plants and ramping up exports. BYD began construction on its plant in Thailand last March after delivering its 10,000th Atto 3 …