Solar company ‘aligns’ with Trump to survive his tariffs

Published May 14, 2018 4:00am ET



The CEO of America’s No. 2 commercial solar power company may have the roadmap for how companies can navigate President Trump’s protectionist trade environment.

Tom Werner announced last month that his company, SunPower, intends to buy SolarWorld, one of two financially ailing U.S. solar manufacturers that petitioned the Trump administration to put tariffs on imported solar panels, in response to cheap imports from Asia, mostly China.

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