Let’s just call it what it is: economies of scale. China makes up 80% of the polysilicon market. The US? Barely 5%. Scale is the strongest subsidy of them all.
Yes but it’s not like they woke up one day and had all of the market. The state made a conscious effort to invest heavily in building capacity in this sector even if it meant flooding the market. And now they are global leaders with a massive market share.
There’s nothing stopping the US from doing the same thing other than liberalism.
“Heavily subsidized supply chains”
Let’s just call it what it is: economies of scale. China makes up 80% of the polysilicon market. The US? Barely 5%. Scale is the strongest subsidy of them all.
Yes but it’s not like they woke up one day and had all of the market. The state made a conscious effort to invest heavily in building capacity in this sector even if it meant flooding the market. And now they are global leaders with a massive market share.
There’s nothing stopping the US from doing the same thing other than liberalism.