End of Chinese subsidy good for Ohio’s clean-energy jobs
Columbia Dispatch – U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown said the latest chapter of a trade dispute with China on subsidies for wind-power parts might help Ohio in its quest to become the “Silicon Valley” of clean-energy manufacturing.
Yesterday, U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk announced that China was ending a subsidies program that encouraged wind-power manufacturers to use Chinese-made parts rather than purchasing imported parts.
The United States, in a case filed with the World Trade Organization in December, argued that the program was the equivalent of an illegal subsidy.
