27-July-2025
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China’s stealthy solar exports stay one step ahead of US tariffs
26-Jul-2025

The hum of solar panel factories in this steamy island city doesn’t sound like much. But to American trade officials, it’s the muffled noise of rules being bent — or broken. In recent months, Batam, a duty-free Indonesian enclave a short ferry ride from Singapore, has become a key waypoint in a convoluted global shuffle. Chinese solar manufacturers, facing stiff US tariffs, are quietly assembling their equipment in Indonesia and slipping their products into the American market, tariff-free. It’s an elegant workaround. But it may not last long.

News Source:- https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/small-biz/trade/exports/insights/chinas-stealthy-solar-exports-stay-one-step-ahead-of-us-tariffs/articleshow/122896506.cms