Trump is right to protect U.S. manufacturers. Here’s how he could help us.

The U.S. solar industry needs help fighting unfair competition from China.

President Trump is right to take on our national trade imbalance with China. For too long, millions of American jobs and thousands of factories have disappeared as other countries, particularly China, game the system, break the rules and flood the U.S. market with below-cost imports that are breaking the back of American manufacturing.

I’ve seen it happen in the solar cell and module industry. Our company alone had to lay off hundreds of employees this spring because we can’t keep up with Chinese imports. Sadly, that same scenario has played out in nearly 30 solar manufacturing companies over the past five years — costing thousands of U.S. jobs and about $1 billion in investments.

I don’t want to keep seeing good, hardworking Americans continue to hear the same thing. And thankfully, we have a president who is willing to be tough to create fair and reciprocal trade for U.S. manufacturers. He is in the right place at the right time, and his recent visit to China couldn’t have come at a better moment.

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