Bankrupt Solar Company Wants Trump to Slap High Tariffs on Cheap Panels
27th April 2017
That would have worked with Obama.
Suniva claimed competition from Chinese-made solar panels all but forced the company into bankruptcy, despite receiving more than $20 million in support from federal and state taxpayers, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
So I guess the answer is to require people in the U.S. who want to go solar to buy more expensive Suniva panels. They’d have better luck using the traditional way, i.e. buying a Democrat Congressman.
April 27th, 2017 at 15:57
Hey, it worked for Carrier in Indiana, why not for solar panels? Except they didn’t buy a Democratic Congressman, they bought a Republican Governor and Republican Presidential candidate.
If the Chinese or other East Asians subsidize their products–steel, TVs, cars, electronics, you name it–so as to make them cheaper in the US and thereby drive domestic producers out of business, is this such a surprise? Name a single domestic producer of textiles, clothing, electronic equipment, cell phones, etc. Now Trump wants to talk tough about “imports” and “bring jobs back”. Why not start with solar panels? Other than the fact that conservatives think they’re The Spawn Of The Devil, that is.
I submit that if they were solar panels manufactured for the military, there would be nothing to be heard here but crickets.