Chinese government respond to developments in solar trade investigation

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In a statement on its website, the [Chinese] Ministry of Commerce alleges that the U.S. government is blaming its loss of competitiveness and the stagnant development of its industry on the relative competitiveness of Chinese PV projects. The Ministry further notes that the rapid development of a "green economy" is bringing hope to an estimated three billion persons living in energy poverty, and states that the efforts of China's PV industry to lower costs promotes the widespread use of renewable energy while bringing tangible benefits to consumers. The Ministry concludes by warning the United States that it is not only damaging the cooperative environment between the two nations in the clean energy sector, as well as its own interests, but that China reserves the right to adopt corresponding measures through the World Trade organization.
[In the meantime]CASE also cites a survey by PV magazine which indicates that 76.4% of solar industry respondents opposed the trade petition by SolarWorld Industries Americas Inc. (Hillsboro, Oregon, U.S.) and six un-named PV companies. While the United States is a net importer of PV modules, in the overall PV value chain the nation remains a net exporter, including to China, with a large export volume in polysilicon and manufacturing equipment. Also, due to the significance of other parts of the industry, including development and installation, U.S. PV module manufacturing represents a small portion of current U.S. PV industry jobs.