China Accused of Mercantilism in Green Energy

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Keith Bradsher, On Clean Energy, China Skirts Rules; Subsidies Push Limits of International Trade Pacts. New York Times, Sept. 9, 2010.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/09/business/global/09trade.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=Keith%20Bradsher%20solar&st=cse

Quote:

"Barely a player in the solar industry five years ago, China is on track to produce more than half the world’s solar panels this year. More than 95 percent of them will be exported to countries like the United States and Germany that offer generous subsidies for consumers who buy solar panels. By contrast, the Chinese government has relatively modest solar subsidies for its citizens. Instead it has devoted more money to helping manufacturers, allowing them to cash in on other countries’ consumer subsidy programs.

"China is also on track to make nearly half of the world’s wind turbines this year. China offers financial incentives for utilities to use wind power, which is less costly than solar power, and the country passed the United States last year as the world’s largest wind turbine market. Government-subsidized turbine makers are now preparing for large-scale exports to the United States and Europe, which could also result in violations of W.T.O. rules.

"Meanwhile, China itself imports virtually no wind turbines or solar panels, instead protecting those developing industries.


Note:
(a) Hunan Sun Zone optoelectronics Energy Co., Ltd.
湖南神州光电能源有限公司
www.sunzone-energy.com/
(address: 湖南长沙国家高新技术产业开发区麓谷科技园麓云路100号; established in 2008)
(b) Zhao Feng 赵枫
(c) Zhuzhou 湖南省  株洲市

See the map in section 3 "Administrative divisions" in
Hunan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunan


----------------------------Separately
美工会要求对中国绿能工业施加制裁. BBC Chinese, Sept. 9, 2010.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2010/09/100909_usw_china_greenindustry.shtml
("美国钢铁工人联合会向美国政府投诉，指责中国的钢铁公司以补贴、优惠措施等'不法'的方式设法取得市场霸主地位。在这份提交美国贸易代表署、长达5800多页的申述书当中，该工会指出'在五个方面，中国是以保护主义、掠夺的做法来发展绿色工业，让美国的就业机会和生产付出代价'")

My comment: 5800多页, which indicates the complaint has been prepared for a long time.
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