...Bracing for planned tariffs on their products, (click here) Chinese makers of solar-power have cut back production at home and in the United States.
The moves are in response to the Nov 8 ruling by the Commerce Department's International Trade Commission that US solar-panel makers have been hurt by Chinese competitors that, according to Washington, engaged in illegal dumping and received illegal government subsidies.
The ruling, which clears the way for implementing tariffs of as much as 36 percent, capped an ITC investigation that was prompted by an October 2011 complaint from the US unit of Germany's SolarWorld AG. Other US-based solar companies have supported SolarWorld's case....
The Nebraska Governor Heineman speaks about trade in the way it is suppose to exist. Goods from all nations are suppose to compete and give their people a quality of life. The problems comes when cheap labor undermines the healthy balance of trade. President Obama has been pushing back against that unfair competition to return the USA economy to where it is suppose to be. Every legislator of every federal, state and local authority should be doing the same thing. This is not protectionism, but, it is safe guarding a vital American economy necessary for so many reasons, including, 'Balance of Power.'
Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman (click here) led a trade mission to China in July to enhance the state's economic relationship with China. Governor Heineman recently sat down with China Daily in Tampa Florida while attending the Republican National Convention and shared his views on how expanding Nebraska-China relations will benefit both countries.
And that was balance of power, not a destructive force that can march into any country on Earth to exploit their natural resources. The countries themselves do a heck of a job exploiting their natural resources already without our help. Do I understand the North Korean satellite is out of control? Well, I wouldn't laugh, they did it, they'll fix it eventually.
