US seeking tariffs on solar panel imports

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

The United States has filed a petition with the World Trade Organization (WTO) that could allow it to slap emergency tariffs or quotas on imported solar cells, according to a World Trade Organization filing released Monday. 

The U.S. notified the WTO that it was launching a Safeguard investigation into crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells on behalf of Suniva, a solar company. If the investigation finds serious damage to the company based on increased imports, the U.S. may take safeguard actions, such as adding import taxes or setting import quotas.
 
Suniva filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on April 17, and alleged in the petition that an increase in imports has taken marketshare from U.S. producers such as Suniva and SolarWorld, despite an overall growth in the U.S. market. The petition alleged that 1,200 U.S. manufacturing jobs had been lost and wages had been reduced by 27 percent between 2012 and 2016.

It also alleged that “foreign producers, in response to the various antidumping and countervailing duty orders that were imposed on imports from China and Chinese Taipei, have opened new production facilities in third countries.”
 
http://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/335565-us-seeking-tariffs-on-solar-panel-imports

[liberal N proud]

1. Because we want the USA to stay in the dark ages

Where oil and coal provide energy and pollute the environment.

[luvMIdog]

2. they will screw the environment at every given opportunity

[TheDebbieDee]

3. Solar panels! This is what the US could have been producing

and exporting to consumers in the rest of the world... I believe that the US issued patents for solar panels or cells with increased photo-voltaic capacity, but stupid republicans, with their gifts from the fossil-fuel industry slowed things down with regard to green energy industry that our economy can longer benefit from the advantages we had...

The green industry could have employed MANY more people producing photo-voltaic products/items much in demand in the rest of the world! But that ship has sailed and all we can do is stand on the docks and wave "Good-bye!"

[littlemissmartypants]

4. Job killing and

Pussy grabbing, it's all they've got.

Thank you for the post, TheDebbieDee.

♡lmsp