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I have more faith in the US gov or WTO being toothless in addressing an unfair playground > Chinese-backed companies have distinct advantages over competitors
by cscurmudgeon 2y ago
I have more faith in the US gov or WTO being toothless in addressing an unfair playground
> Chinese-backed companies have distinct advantages over competitors in the U.S., such as heavily subsidized supply chains for raw polysilicon and unfinished solar modules, as well as low-cost government financing
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- spamizbad 2y agoThat's true but the US industrial (and resource) policy does the same thing just in different areas. For example, we subsidize fossil fuels to a much larger degree than China does, but we're all OK with that because we rely on them.
- cscurmudgeon 2y agoThe difference is internal subsidies are legal and export subsidies are not. That is the legal difference.