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SolarWorld wins as feds slap tariffs of
up to 250 percent on Chinese solar panels
Richard Read, The Oregonian
Posted: 05/17/2012 11:39 AM
The U.S. government plans to slap tariffs of up to 250 percent on Chinese solar panels and cells in response to a trade complaint by SolarWorld Industries America Inc.

The steep duties announced Thursday are a big victory for SolarWorld, which employs 1,000 in Hillsboro. The company contends that China's government illegally subsidizes Chinese companies that sell panels and solar cells in the United States at unfair prices.

The U.S. Commerce Department announced that Chinese solar companies will face duties of as much as 249.96 percent for dumping products in the U.S. market. Duties will be retroactive 90 days, because Commerce investigators determined that Chinese companies sent a surge of cheap panels into the United States, trying to beat th tariffs.(Continued)
http://mobile.oregonlive.com/advorg/pm_ ... d=Qnr3hwip

JA Solar, a Chinese manufacturing giant hit by U.S. tariffs, considers Oregon for plant site
Richard Read, The Oregonian
Posted: 05/25/2012 10:54 AM
One of the world’s largest solar manufacturers, a Chinese company hit by tariffs from SolarWorld's trade complaint, is scouting U.S. factory sites, with Oregon emerging as a lead contender.

JA Solar Holdings Co., a Shanghai-based business saddled with 35 percent U.S. import duties, is searching Western states for potential plant locations, the company's president for the Americas confirmed. Jonathan Pickering told The Oregonian that managers expect to make a decision within a few months.(Continued)
http://mobile.oregonlive.com/advorg/pm_ ... d=ovcBcKav

And THAT'S why tariffs work, boys and girls.