Solar trade group protests 201 global safeguard petition filed with the ITC

The Solar Energy Industries Association is arguing that a U.S. solar company pushing for safeguard duties on imports of solar panels is not representative of the domestic manufacturing industry – and that such duties would harm the entire solar industry. The association is objecting to a petition filed recently by U.S. solar company Suniva with the U.S. International Trade Commission. Suniva, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in April, wants the ITC to employ the rarely used Section 201 of...