Emboldened
by
the
US
Department
of
Commerce’s
preliminary
decision
to
impose
anti-dumping
tariffs
on
Chinese
cell
makers,
SolarWorld
chief
executive
Frank
Asbeck
recently
reaffirmed
his
long-standing
threat
to
open
a
second,
European
front
in
his
legal
battle.
But
a
number
of
European
PV
players,
such
as
Udo
Möhrstedt,
chief
executive
of
German
system
integrator
IBC
Solar,
warn
that
such
a
move
would
have
negative
consequences.
Möhrstedt
says
the
US
has
more
leverage
in
such
a
trade
dispute
given
its
gaping
trade
deficit
with
China.
In
contrast,
“many
EU
countries…
