Trade Dispute Will Carry Forward: Chinese Solar Imports Could Face Retroactive Tariffs

@dave-fisher

Dave, there are millions of Americans who don't care about America. Since you do, read that book I recommended above. Companies don't care. Politicians don't care. It's up to you, me, and anybody else who does care, and you need to educate yourself.

I wrote the comment recommending the Ha Joon Chang books above. I have one other suggestion. Clyde Prestowitz is a brilliant economist. He wrote 'Betrayal of American Prosperity,' published last year. It's a fabulous book which discusses the flaws of free trade theory. Prestowitz is even better than Chang, as he is American and looks at the problem from that viewpoint. He also discusses the solar energy industry in his book. Wesley Clark and the Tribune wrote great reviews, as did other recognized individuals and publishers.
You will never understand what is going on with China until you read Prestowitz.
You just have to read it!

I am pleased to see the interest in and discussion of the dumping complaint. I have been reading books on the subject of international trade for a few years now, and I have learned a lot more than I knew from taking an International Econ course thirty seven years ago in college. One thing I know for certain, and all of you probably know, is that America was a protectionist state from the beginning. From Washington and Hamilton's famous policy of nurturing 'infant industies,' to Lincoln, whose protectionist policy helped the Northern economy grow ten times in size during the civil war, and clearly helped win the war. Did you know that the average American tariff
on manufactured goods between 1830 and 1945 was 46%? The great American economist Daniel Raymond described protectionist
policies as the 'American System of Manufactures.' Protectionism is
undoubtedly responsible for America's survival as a state and it's
meteoric rise to global economic dominance and victory in two world
wars. Protectionism is also the reason America was first to the
Atomic bomb.
You should all become familiar with the books 'Bad Samaritans, The
Myth of Free Trade and the Secret History of Capitalism,' and '23
Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism.' Both books are by a
Cambridge economist of international fame, Ha Joon Chang. You
should also know that virtually all economists admit that the theory of
free trade is deductively, which is to say, mathematically, invalid. There is a growing movement to junk it, and start over. The unhappiness of the middle class with our economic policies is evident in polls, and the anger of large numbers of people is even more manifest in the emergence of the Occupy Wall Street movement. I have become convinced that continuing on our path of deindustrialization, which has clearly contributed mightily to our gargantuan national debt, our high unemployment, and decades of declining wages, will lead to even more catastrophic failure.

Once subsidies enter into the discussion the discssion becomes mute.

In the US subsidies refereed to are tax laws only; and thanks to the uneducated claims the tax laws were changed by a democratic congress in 1986 and are available to all industries and affect your 401k and retirement accounts.
Keep in mind we have 50 states with their own tax schedules and laws along with rates for electric, water; health costs;
insurance and other costs

We have one accounting system.

Other countries have there own tax laws and accounting systems and most if not all land is owned by the country and share all rates for electric water etc; so now we are trying to make other countries run their economy to match our economy and adopt our our style of accounting costs and tax laws that differ from us.

Next time you hear business complain that they can not compete and will not expand due to regulation please keep the all of the above differences in mind.

Please from here on out leave the word subsides out of your conversion.