SEMA Coalition Comments on Sec. 301 Investigation into Excess Capacity and Production

The Solar Energy Manufacturers for America (SEMA) Coalition supports the United States Trade Representative’s (USTR’s) effort to encourage our trading partners to limit structural excess capacity in the solar manufacturing sector.

The United States is undergoing a once-in-a-generation effort to reestablish advanced domestic solar manufacturing and reduce dependence on foreign adversary supply chains. SEMA Coalition members support over 14,500 high-quality jobs across the country and over 50,000 jobs in the solar manufacturing supply chain. Multiple SEMA Coalition members will open billion-dollar facilities in the next year to strengthen American energy dominance and onshore energy manufacturing. SEMA Coalition members lead the world in commercially viable next-generation solar technologies that will allow the U.S. to compete with China’s supply chain on price without long-term government subsidies.