Comment by paganel

And it was a very stupid thing to do, and I say that as an European. If the Chinese Government and its citizens want to subsidize clean energy production in Europe by selling us subsidized solar panels why should we say no? A similar question was posed by Jean-Baptiste Say about 200 years ago end since then no protectionist politicians were able to come up with a valid answer, they just go "by their instinct" or "it's best for our home industry that we behave this way", both answers that don't stand on any solid rational grounds.