The online version of an article that ran in the Business section of the January 19, 2010 edition of the New York Times.
An article in today’s New York Times looks at the plight of U.S. manufacturers of glass, who are facing increased competition from overseas, especially from Chinese firms who are alleged to benefit from unfair Chinese government subsidies that allow them to undersell domestic competitors despite the high cost of transporting heavy glass panels halfway across the globe. The article opens with the telling fact that the original World Trade Center was built entirely with U.S.-made glass panels, while the rebuilding currently underway is incorporating glass panels manufactured in China. Read the full article here.
