Do as Obama says, not as Obama does

[Quantum Windbag]

I thought this was interesting.

The Obama administration said it was filing its second case at the WTO over the domestic content requirements in India's massive solar program, which aims to ease chronic energy shortages in Asia's third-largest economy.
U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman said making Indian solar developers use locally made equipment discriminated against U.S. producers and could hinder the spread of solar power.
"Domestic content requirements detract from successful cooperation on clean energy and actually impede India's deployment of solar energy by raising its cost," Froman said.

U.S. launches new trade action against India over solar program

Makes sense, less expensive products promote the implementation of solar power, and help everyone. Who would have a problem with that?

China urged the United States on Monday to "objectively and fairly" handle an ongoing trade dispute between the two countries after Washington signaled last week it could extend import duties on Chinese solar panels to a wider range of products.
The U.S. International Trade Commission ruled on Friday that Chinese solar panels made with cells manufactured in Taiwan may harm the American solar industry, bringing it closer to adding to the duties it slapped on products from China in 2012.
The U.S. arm of German solar manufacturer SolarWorld AG had complained that Chinese manufacturers are sidestepping the duties by shifting production of the cells used to make their panels to Taiwan and continuing to flood the U.S. market with cheap products.

China calls for fair handling of escalating solar dispute with U.S. | Reuters

Dayam

 

[KNB]

Why do you have a problem with India using Indian-made solar equipment instead of buying it from the US?

 

[Quantum Windbag]

Why do you have a problem with India using Indian-made solar equipment instead of buying it from the US?

Newsflash, asswipe, Obama is the one with the problem, I am simply mocking him.

 

[FA_Q2]

I thought this was interesting.

The Obama administration said it was filing its second case at the WTO over the domestic content requirements in India's massive solar program, which aims to ease chronic energy shortages in Asia's third-largest economy.
U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman said making Indian solar developers use locally made equipment discriminated against U.S. producers and could hinder the spread of solar power.
"Domestic content requirements detract from successful cooperation on clean energy and actually impede India's deployment of solar energy by raising its cost," Froman said.

U.S. launches new trade action against India over solar program

Makes sense, less expensive products promote the implementation of solar power, and help everyone. Who would have a problem with that?

China urged the United States on Monday to "objectively and fairly" handle an ongoing trade dispute between the two countries after Washington signaled last week it could extend import duties on Chinese solar panels to a wider range of products.
The U.S. International Trade Commission ruled on Friday that Chinese solar panels made with cells manufactured in Taiwan may harm the American solar industry, bringing it closer to adding to the duties it slapped on products from China in 2012.
The U.S. arm of German solar manufacturer SolarWorld AG had complained that Chinese manufacturers are sidestepping the duties by shifting production of the cells used to make their panels to Taiwan and continuing to flood the U.S. market with cheap products.

China calls for fair handling of escalating solar dispute with U.S. | Reuters

Dayam

Funny stuff.

I agree with import controls though. India should do what is best for India as America should be doing. Exporting all our jobs to china by making our business climate as hostile as possible at the same times as opening our borders is nice for the short term cheap crap we get but DEVASTATING in the long term.

 

[The Rabbi]

Free trade is a fundamental value of conservatism.
It is of course hypocrisy for the US to hector India about local content requirements and then turn around and impose the same requirements here, mainly to satsify its union base.
But consistency was never the hallmark of the Obama administration. Or any other, for that matter.