The Great Solar Trade Wall

a review on Greentech and some examples

• India Solar Rules Burn U.S. - U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke said he conveyed a "message of great concern" to Indian officials Monday about the country's restrictions on imports of solar-power technology, rules that are making it difficult for U.S. firms to enter one of the world's fastest-growing solar-energy markets.
• New Law Forces Pentagon to Buy American Solar Panels - A new military authorization bill signed by President Obama forces the Pentagon to buy only American solar panels. The defense authorization act, officially H.R. 6523, or the Ike Skelton National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011, became law on Jan. 7 and specifically forbids the Department of Defense from procuring foreign solar panels, or specifically, “photovoltaic devices.”
• Union Accuses China of Illegal Clean Energy Subsidies - A broad trade case filed on Thursday by an American labor union, accusing China of unfairly subsidizing its clean energy industry, pressed a hot-button jobs issue in the United States during a Congressional election season.
• French government suspended imports of components for PV electricity price subsidies - Recently, the French Secretary of State for Environmental Affairs, Natalie. Section Revised Skoda. Morrissey (Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet) announced that it will cease to 3KW solar photovoltaic equipment issued more than three months of electricity price subsidies, a move reportedly the main is due to components used in equipment, mostly from China. Bloomberg report quoted Division Revised 斯柯莫里塞 radio news in France (France Info radio) of a program, then, "We want to create green jobs for the French, and not to subsidize the development of Chinese economy ." 
• Ontario's Green Energy Push Draws Fire From Japan, U.S. and E.U. - On Sept. 16, Japan filed a formal complaint with the WTO against Canada over Ontario’s green energy policies. They “discriminate against equipment for renewable energy generation facilities produced outside Ontario, and also constitute a prohibited subsidy,” according to the official complaint.