text: Subsidy Nation: Can U.S. Firms Compete Against China? - WSJ.com
  Subsidy Nation: Can U.S. Firms Compete Against China?
  One of the consequences of the failure of Solyndra LLC is that, justifiably or not, it has set off alarms about subsidized Chinese companies threatening an array of U.S. industries. Recriminations are still flying over what actually caused the bankruptcy of Solyndra, the U.S. solar-panel company that collapsed after getting more than $500 million in federal-loan guarantees. The White House maintains that one contributing factor was the rapid rise of China's solar-energy industry. That industry is backed by government subsidies that U.S. business groups say help Chinese firms undercut their American competition. Solyndra's highly public collapse, lumped in with the ...Continue reading article with pop up player