us will probe allegations that China illegally subsidizes clean-tech firms

摘要

Prompted by allegations leveled by the United Steelworkers nunion, the Obama administration opened an investigation last week nto determine if China is illegally subsidizing companies that manu-nfacture wind turbines and other renewable-energy equipment.nRon Kirk, the US Trade Representative, said Friday that the ncomplaint that the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-based union filed last nmonth “raised issues covering a wide array of Chinese government npolicies affecting trade and investment in green technologies.”