CO2: 425.38 ppmIn a federal complaint, American companies accuse Asian firms of illegally flooding the United States with Chinese-subsidized solar panels.
The White House launched a $7 billion “solar for all” program earlier this week meant to help build 1 million individual systems across the country.
First Solar and six other manufacturers allege that companies in Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam are dumping solar cells on the U.S. market.
The decision by a Massachusetts solar company to abandon plans to build a $1.4 billion U.S. factory highlights the risks amid a flood of Chinese clean energy exports.
A flood of cheap Chinese electric car exports has raised the specter of another trade war with the U.S. And it has Tesla worried.