Forty months later, in January 2015, the second of two major US solar trade cases came to a close — with SolarWorld once again vindicated, as it was in the first case, which concluded in 2012.
The cases have left scars across — and within — the US and Chinese renewables sectors. They prompted China to retaliate with tariffs of its own, which led in December to Hemlock Semiconductor shutting its $1.2bn
