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14. According to Bloomberg both complaining companies are foreign owned...

Reply to iluvtennis (Original post)

Tue Jan 23, 2018, 10:51 AM

Jan 2018

operating here.

Suniva Inc., a bankrupt U.S. module manufacturer with a Chinese majority owner.

SolarWorld AG German manufacturer here in the US.

That would be like giving BMW, VW, Mercedes,KIA and other foreign car companies manufacturing here special treatment over the Big 3.

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