Solar trade row with China forces REC Silicon to cut U.S. jobs

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...ces-rec-silicon-to-cut-u-s-jobs-idUSKBN1JS0H0

OSLO (Reuters) - Norway’s REC Silicon (REC.OL), a supplier of silicon materials to the solar industry, will cut around 100 U.S. jobs and take further asset impairments due to a U.S.-China trade war over solar panels, it said on Monday.
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More unemployed to litter the battlefield in Trump's trade war.

"winning" ................

JacksinPA said:

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...ces-rec-silicon-to-cut-u-s-jobs-idUSKBN1JS0H0

OSLO (Reuters) - Norway’s REC Silicon (REC.OL), a supplier of silicon materials to the solar industry, will cut around 100 U.S. jobs and take further asset impairments due to a U.S.-China trade war over solar panels, it said on Monday.
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More unemployed to litter the battlefield in Trump's trade war.

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Didn't the article say the company could sell its product in China since 2014?

cuban smokes said:

"winning" ................

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MAGA! standing in the unemployment lines. That;s 100 votes that won't go to the Repubs.

JacksinPA said:

MAGA! standing in the unemployment lines. That;s 100 votes that won't go to the Repubs.

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Don't count on it. If they're true Trumpeteers, they'll blame their job losses on the Democrats.

JacksinPA said:

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...ces-rec-silicon-to-cut-u-s-jobs-idUSKBN1JS0H0

OSLO (Reuters) - Norway’s REC Silicon (REC.OL), a supplier of silicon materials to the solar industry, will cut around 100 U.S. jobs and take further asset impairments due to a U.S.-China trade war over solar panels, it said on Monday.
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More unemployed to litter the battlefield in Trump's trade war.

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I think reading comprehension is in order here.

"due to a U.S.-China trade war over solar panels"
"The company has been unable to sell its goods in China since 2014 as a result of the dispute between the world’s two largest economies"
"China has imposed tariffs on U.S. imports of polysilicon, a key element to make solar panels that REC Silicon produces, while the United States slapped tariffs on solar panel imports starting in 2012 and with a latest round in January."
"The company has another U.S. plant in Montana, which is unaffected by the latest job cuts. Some 70 workers at that plant were laid off in September and 70 were laid off at the Moses Lake plant in 2016."

Seems this is a problem that has been ongoing for at least 6 years. Sorry, but this cannot be laid at Trump's feet.

But my question is this: Why is this company operating out of the US with all this conflict between the US and China? Does Norway have the same problems with China?