Full Title: Impact of the Section 201 Remedy On Employment in the US Solar Industry
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Publisher(s): Mayer Brown
Publication Date: August 1, 2017
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An affirmative finding by the US International Trade Commission and the imposition of effective remedies in
its Section 201 investigation on imports of solar cells and modules would result in a net gain in employment of
at least between 114,796 and 144,298 jobs for the US solar industry, including the upstream industries that
manufacture critical components used in the production of solar cells and modules over the next five years.
This job growth includes as many as 45,000 US manufacturing jobs in the solar cell and module manufacturing
segment and the upstream sectors that cell and module manufacturing supports. It also includes an increase
of 98,020 US non-manufacturing jobs, including 65,830 US installer jobs.
Estimates that include the restoration of existing manufacturing capacity, plus the likelihood of at least 2 GW
of new US production capacity to come online in the US would increase US solar cell and module
manufacturing employment by between 37,500 and 45,500 and increase economic output and wages paid by
$2.5 billion and $3.3 billion each. Further, the imposition of effective remedies would ensure American
companies continue and increase R&D and capital investment in the US, which would generate significant
economic benefits that are not captured in the job and economic output estimates noted above.