Invite: Today, Friday, March 16 - Solar Tariffs: Smart Policy or Protectionism?

Please join NDN/NPI today for an event taking a look at “Solar Tariffs: Smart Policy or Protectionism?”  This lunchtime discussion will spotlight the issues surrounding the impending March 19th preliminary decision by the U.S. Department of Commerce on whether to issue countervailing duties on Chinese-made crystalline silicon cells and modules.

Joining us for a spirited discussion of this issue will be three leading experts in international trade and solar technologies:

William Morin –will address the disruption tariffs could have on the US solar industry and the overall manufacturing value chain.  Morin is Senior Director for Government Affairs at Applied Materials. 
Lewis Leibowitz –will address the impact of these tariff cases on American manufacturers that depend on imports to be competitive in the marketplace.   Leibowitz is an international trade attorney with Hogan Lovells, LLC.
Elizabeth Drake –will address trade remedy laws as a legitimate tool for addressing trade distortions caused to domestic manufacturers by dumping and subsidies.  Drake is an international trade attorney with Stewart & Stewart, LLC

This panel is the seventh in our "Clean Energy Solution Series" to showcase the leaders, companies, ideas and policies hastening our transition to a cleaner, safer and more distributed energy paradigm.

This event will take place today, Friday, March 16th, noon, at the NDN event space, 729 15th Street, NW in Washington, DC.  Please RSVP.