08 Oct '12, 2pm

Solar Companies Say Trade War With China Bad for US Industry | Alternative Energy Stocks

Members of the Coalition for Affordable Solar Energy (CASE) railed against the impending "trade war," arguing that the steep price drop in imported Chinese photovoltaic modules was good for "98 percent" of U.S. solar industry jobs. "We are growing U.S. solar jobs and this trade case will undermine all the advances we have made in the U.S. solar industry," said one CASE member. Holding a press conference Thursday morning in Washington after testimony was heard Wednesday by the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) about the alleged dumping of Chinese modules in the United States, CASE member Kevin Lapidus, senior vice president for legal and government affairs at SunEdison, a division of MEMC Electronic Materials (WFR ), said, "This case is not good for U.S. policy. SolarWorld (SRWRF) , a German company, is using the U.S. legal system to compensate for its own business ...

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