Punitive tariffs to hurt EU jobs

Study warns of dire consequences from solar-product protectionism

Up to 240,000 European jobs in downstream businesses could be at risk, at a time of record unemployment, if the European Union levies anti-dumping tariffs against solar-product imports from China, a study released on Tuesday said.

Prognos, a Germany-based economic research organization, has presented the findings with the Alliance for Affordable Solar Energy in Brussels after the European Commission organized its first hearing on this case on Monday afternoon.