Comments on: Sierra Club, 350.org, Greenpeace Lead Effort To Curb American “Bullying” Of Indian Solar Industry

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By: Ronald Brakels

Ronald Brakels — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 03:06:00 +0000

India would probably be better off without having domestic content rules for it solar industry. One reason being that domestic content rules can slow the deployment of solar capacity. It can also lead to odd situations where companies pay extra for Indian components which can result in Indian component makers not doing the work necessary to make their goods competitive on the world market. India has the potential to become a world leader in solar production, but this sort of thing could hold it back. If India wants to shelter its developing solar industry, domestic content rules are probably not the best way to do it. If current domestic content rules had applied to thin film, India probably wouldn’t now be leading the world in low cost utility scale installation.

On the other hand, this is not worth people getting their panties in a twist over it. Getting into some sort of trade dispute over this is not likely to help anyone. The US response should probably simply be, “I think you’re making a mistake, but I’m not going to waste my energy trying to stop you.”

By: aligatorhardt

aligatorhardt — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 11:16:00 +0000

The WTO benefits only the 1% at the expense of everyone else. Do not give in to their bullying. A country’s legislature is responsible to it’s citizens, not foreign agents.