White House focused on China in solar case; analysts question effectiveness of approach

The White House has Beijing in its crosshairs as President Trump mulls what, if any, global safeguard remedies to impose on solar imports, according to sources, though several suggested such remedies would have little effect on China. A trade analyst closely following the case said those involved in making the remedy recommendations “do not seem to have grasped that this case is not primarily, or even largely, about China.” “The vast majority of the products that would face U.S. solar...