USA har bedre kort på hånden enn mange tror når det gjelder å forhandle handelsbetingelser med Kina. Dette vil selvfølgelig også komme REC til gode når US trade representative Robert Lighthizer tar opp saken i de pågående forhandlingene med Kina. Han er godt informert om REC’s sak.:

"Over the last three years, REC Silicon has laid off hundreds of workers in central Washington and at another plant in Butte, Montana.
In recent weeks, representatives from polysilicon makers have met with U.S. trade officials, including Robert E. Lighthizer, the president’s chief trade negotiator, and urged them to negotiate a settlement with China that would restore their access to the Chinese market.”


Why China Will Lose a Trade War With Trump
https://www.thedailybeast.com/why-china-will-lose-a-trade-war-with-trump?ref=home

"Beijing can huff and puff, but America holds the high cards. Expect the Chinese to back down quickly—or watch their economy and political system fall apart."

“Experts, believing China holds more leverage, ignore important realities. First, that country is growing more dependent on access to the American market. In 2016, a stunning 68.0 percent of China’s overall merchandise trade surplus related to sales to the U.S. In 2017, that figure increased to 88.8 percent. Trade-surplus countries, as history shows, generally suffer more in trade wars.”

“Trump's tariffs on apparel or other items, even if they make Chinese goods more expensive or unavailable, will not result in significant cost increases beyond a month or two. Americans will soon be buying their low-cost items from other producers, which are already, if I may use the phrase, beating the pants off China.”

“For decades, Chinese leaders have staked their legitimacy primarily on the continual delivery of prosperity. Trump not only threatens the Chinese economy but also the Communist Party’s political system. That gives China’s leaders great incentive to hold back retaliatory moves.”

“In short, Trump holds the high cards when it comes to China, and, unlike his predecessors, he knows it.”