U.S. solar to get Obama aid in battle with China

Source: Reuters

U.S. solar to get Obama aid in battle with China

By Doug Palmer and Leonora Walet

WASHINGTON/HONG KONG | Mon Mar 19, 2012 11:15am EDT

(Reuters) - President Barack Obama's administration is expected to throw its weight behind U.S. solar panel producers on Tuesday in their battle against lower-priced imports from China that they say threaten the future of the industry in the United States.

A coalition of seven U.S. manufacturers has asked for duties topping 100 percent on Chinese-made solar cells and panels, which they say are subsidized by the Chinese government and "dumped" in the United States at unfairly low prices.

The case, which was filed last year, has created more friction in the U.S.-China trade relationship, already strained by clashes over Beijing's currency policies and U.S. duties on a number of other Chinese goods.

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