Solar Trade Dispute: Behind the Jobs Numbers

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renewableenergyworld.com 01 Feb '12, 7pm

Solar Trade Dispute: Behind the Jobs Numbers

Those numbers don’t add up, right? Well, they do, but it’s all a matter of perspective, and how you look at the assumptions. The Coalition for Affordable Solar Energy, which is battling SolarWorld’s position that low-cost Chinese panels are violating international trade law, commissioned The Brattle Group to do an independent analysis of the effect on American jobs . The report found that a 100 percent tariff scenario would shut the lower-priced Chinese modules out of the U.S. market, and that the domestic demand for solar would slow down because module prices would be 25 to 30 percent higher. It’s true that most Chinese modules would effectively be shut out of the U.S. market and that costs would subsequently rise. The industry is desperate to learn more about the impact of the pending tariffs, most notably on how they will affect jobs. To get the full story, you have to ...

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