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US China Solar spat

Could a trade war brewing between the US and China cast a shadow over solar energy?

Plus, how the New York superbowl win might mean good news for the economic year ahead.

It's free, it's plentiful, it's everywhere - what's not to like about solar energy?

Business Daily looks at a trade war brewing between the US and China over solar panels.

Shi Zhengrong, chief executive of the Chinese company Suntech, the world's largest producer of solar panels, says Chinese firms are not the only ones in the industry who received government subsidies.

Gordon Brinser, the President of SolarWorld Industries America, tells Justin Rowlatt why he's calling for President Obama to impose a tariff barrier on the imports of Chinese solar products.

Plus, James Srodes on how the New York superbowl win might mean good news for markets in the year ahead.

(Picture: A Chinese worker walks in the solar modules of a newly installed power project in China's northwest Gansu Province. Credit: Getty Images)

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Wed 15 Feb 2012 08:32GMT

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