In
2011,
the
US
and
China
traded
$8.5bn
worth
of
clean-energy
goods
and
services,
a
category
spanning
solar,
wind
and
“smart
energy”
technologies,
according
to
the
Pew
Charitable
Trusts.
Within
those
sectors,
the
US
held
a
$1.63bn
sales
advantage
over
China,
running
counter
to
the
perception
among
many
American
politicians
that
China
is
steadily
coming
to
dominate
the
global
renewables
industry.
By
comparison,
the
overall
trade
balance
between
the
countries
during
2011
–
the
last
full
year
for
which
data
are
available
–
favoured
China
by
a
four-to-one
ratio.
The
public’s
misperception
regarding
the
US-China
trade
balance
in
renewables
is
fuelled…
