U.S. Solar Industry Coalition Applauds Commerce Department Ruling in Landmark Dumping Case
Solar manufacturing industry coalition exceeds 200 companies employing about 17,000 workers
Statement in Response to Recent Claims of CASE
U.S. Solar Industry Coalition Reacts to Preliminary Ruling Against Unfair Chinese Trade Practices
Report: U.S. Solar Trade Surplus with China and World Vanished in 2011
CASM statement responding to new CASE economic report
Chinese producers flood U.S. market with solar cells and modules ahead of upcoming ruling in solar trade case
Chinese producers have more than doubled imports of crystalline silicon solar cells and modules in advance of potential U.S. government duties on those imports, according to an evaluation of U.S. Customs and Border Protection data released today by the Coalition for American Solar Manufacturing (CASM).
U.S. solar manufacturers applaud analyst's assessment of Chinese tactics: 'Free trade does not mean trade that is free of rules'
The Coalition for American Solar Manufacturing (CASM), supported by more than 150 U.S. employers of more than 11,000 workers, today applauded an analysis by Hari Chandra Polavarapu, managing director of solar and clean-technology research for brokerage firm Auriga USA, that underscores the importance of holding China accountable to international trade law.
SolarWorld's Gordon Brinser responds to CASE request to withdraw ITC petitions
'Father of solar manufacturing industry' supports
domestic solar manufacturers
Bill Yerkes, the visionary entrepreneur who pioneered the solar-panel manufacturing industry, today announced his support for U.S. solar manufacturers that are fighting what they allege to be unfairly traded Chinese imports.
Letter of support from Congressman Elton Gallegly
U.S. Solar Manufacturers Welcome Congressional Letter of Support in Landmark Trade Case
The Coalition for American Solar Manufacturing (CASM), seven U.S. manufacturers of crystalline silicon solar cells and modules, today welcomed the support of 59 members of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives for CASM's trade case against China's unfair trading practices in the solar industry.
Republican letter of support to John Bryson
Coalition of 150 Solar Employers of More than 11,000 Workers Show Widespread Support for U.S. Solar Manufacturing
About 150 U.S. solar-industry employers of more than 11,000 American workers have joined the Coalition for American Solar Manufacturing (CASM) to support the U.S. government's investigation of China's solar trade practices and the restoration of fair, sustainable, international solar-industry competition.
U.S. Solar Producers: Just How Desperate Are Chinese solar importers?
The Coalition for American Solar Manufacturing (CASM), seven U.S. manufacturers of crystalline silicon solar cells and panels supported by over 140 U.S. companies and more than 10,000 employees, today called on a group of Chinese solar importers to explain a number of deceptions that CASM contends the importers' news releases have trumpeted.
U.S. solar manufacturers: China's claim of 'protectionism' aims to divert scrutiny from China's anti-competitive, unsustainable trade aggression WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Coalition for American Solar Manufacturing (CASM) today called on a group of Chinese solar cell and panel importers to explain how what CASM contends is an unprecedented surge of dumped and subsidized exports…
U.S. Solar Industry Coalition Commends Department of Commerce Action
Against Illegal Chinese Trade Practices
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representing the Coalition for American Solar Manufacturing (CASM), the top official of SolarWorld Industries America Inc., the largest U.S. producer of crystalline silicon solar cells ...
SolarWorld executives testify against Chinese trade practices, citing U.S. job loss and economic harm
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In testimony before the International Trade Commission (ITC), two executives from SolarWorld Industries America Inc., the largest U.S. producer of crystalline silicon solar cells and panels ...
Gordon Brinser's testimony before the International Trade Commission
Kevin Kilkelly's testimony before the International Trade Commission
U.S. Solar Manufacturers Welcome Support
of United Steelworkers in Landmark Trade Case
WASHINGTON, D.C., Nov. 7, 2011 –The Coalition for American Solar Manufacturing (CASM), seven companies that manufacture crystalline silicon solar cells and panels in the United States, today welcomed the support of the United Steelworkers (USW)...
United Steelworkers letter of support
Letter in support of the antidumping and countervailing duty petitions against China from Leo W. Gerard, International President of the United Steelworkers.
More than 75 employers register support for domestic solar manufacturing as associate members of trade-case-coalition
WASHINGTON, D.C., Nov. 7, 2011 – About 75 employers have officially registered their support for the Coalition for American Solar Manufacturing (CASM), a group of seven U.S. domestic solar manufacturers supporting the antidumping and countervailing duty cases...
U.S. Solar Cell Manufacturers Respond to Chinese Commerce Ministry Statement
Washington, D.C. – Following is a statement by the Coalition for American Solar Manufacturing (CASM), led by SolarWorld Industries America Inc., the largest domestic crystalline silicon solar cell and panel producer. The statement responds to what CASM characterized as misleading and unfounded statements by China's Ministry of Commerce regarding the antidumping and countervailing petitions filed by SolarWorld Industries America Inc. against China's trade practices.
U.S. Manufacturers of Solar Cells File Dumping and Subsidy Petitions Against China
Washington, D.C. – SolarWorld Industries America Inc., the largest U.S. producer of crystalline silicon solar cells and panels and a founding member of the Coalition for American Solar Manufacturing (CASM), today filed petitions with the U.S. Department of Commerce and the International Trade Commission demonstrating that Chinese manufacturers of solar products are illegally dumping crystalline silicon solar cells into the U.S. market. The petitions assert dumping margins well in excess of 100 percent. The petitions also assert Chinese manufacturers are receiving massive illegal subsidies from the Chinese government, which is deploying contract awards, trade barriers, financing breaks and supply-chain subsidies, among an extensive and pervasive array of other supports and incentives, to advance the exports of Chinese manufacturers.
SolarWorld and coalition of U.S. solar manufacturers petition to stop unfair trade by China's state-sponsored industry
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representing a coalition of seven U.S. manufacturers of solar cells and panels, SolarWorld Industries America Inc., the largest domestic producer, today petitioned the federal government to halt what the company describes as an ever-rising tide of heavily subsidized solar cells and panels that China's state-supported solar industry is illegally dumping into the American market.
U.S. Solar Industry Files Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Cases Against Imports of Solar Cells and Modules from China
On behalf of SolarWorld Industries America Inc., an Oregon-based solar cell manufacturer, Wiley Rein LLP has filed petitions asking the U.S. Department of Commerce and the International Trade Commission (ITC) to conduct antidumping (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) investigations into Chinese imports of crystalline silicon solar cells and panels. The petitions are supported by the Coalition for American Solar Manufacturing (CASM). The cases are among the largest of their type ever filed against China and are the largest in the renewable-energy industries.