Managers of SolarWorld are expected to file a trade complaint against China today.
Managers of SolarWorld are expected to file a trade complaint against China today.
The German company, with 1,000 workers at a factory in Hillsboro, plans a news conference in Washington, D.C. this afternoon, with speakers including senators Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore. Also speaking will be Gordon Brinser, president of SolarWorld Industries America Inc.
SolarWorld is expected to ask the U.S. government to levy tariffs on Chinese solar cells and panels.
“As a result of the dumping and illegal subsidies, the U.S. industry is suffering severe harm to employment, pricing, production and shipment,” a SolarWorld statement said today. “The surge in foreign solar cell imports has resulted in the elimination of thousands of jobs in Arizona, California, Massachusetts, Maryland, New York and Pennsylvania.”
Read more at OregonLive.com.
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