The latest twist in solar trade case
Days before a crucial vote in the case, Solar Energy Industries Association sent a letter to the International Trade Commission saying the petitioners in the case — Suniva and SolarWorld — haven’t submitted a plan for how they would benefit if tariffs were placed on solar imports. The group says the failure to submit a plan “evidences both a lack of respect for the process contemplated by the statute and an apparent inability to devise a genuine plan for the industry’s adjustment to import competition.” The R Street Institute released a short paper arguing the administration “should avoid imposing tariffs or other import restrictions on solar products.