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.
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