China’s Solar Champion Says Trump Return Wouldn’t Derail US Push

China-based Longi Green Energy Technology Co., the world’s biggest solar equipment maker, insists a second Donald Trump presidency won’t halt its plans to expand sales in the US.

Production has begun at the manufacturer’s first US plant — a joint venture facility in Ohio — and Longi forecasts trade in the nation to increase this year, despite tensions over imports and a push by Washington to champion domestic supply chains.

“No matter which party is elected, the trend of developing clean energy in the US will not change,” Longi Chairman Zhong Baoshen said in an interview in Davos with ...