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A GROWING RIFT 　　Despite opposition from 18 EU member states， hundreds of EU solar companies and 15 European photovoltaic （PV） associations， Karel De Gucht， EU’s Trade Commissioner， announced on June 4 that the EU would impose provisional anti-dumping tariffs on imports of solar panels， cells and wafers from China. 　　This is the preliminary ruling of an investigation launched by the European Commission in September 2012. According to the ruling， starting from June 6， EU imports of Chinese solar products would be subject to an interim duty of 11.8 percent until August 6. If China and the EU fa