"We feel it's very important to bring jobs to the US market," says David Halligan, chief financial officer of the company's American subsidiary, Goldwind USA. "It's a bit of a chicken-and-egg situation. Obviously, the market is not as robust as it has been in prior years.

"So in a challenging wind market, plans for establishing manufacturing are being closely analysed, but until we see a general pick-up in the market, I think it will be some time before Goldwind brings manufacturing into the US."

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