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September 19, 201 7 BY HAND DELIVERY The Honorable Lisa R. Barton Secretary U.S. International Trade Commission 500 E Street, S.W. Washington, DC 20436 MAYER•BROWN Mayer Brown LLP 1999 K Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20006-1101 Main Tel + 1 202 263 3000 Main Fax+ 1 202 263 3300 www.mayerbrown.com Matthew Mcconkey Di rectT el + 1 202 263 3235 Direct Fax+ 1 202 263 5300 mmcconkey@mayerbrown . com PUBLIC DOCUMENT Inv. No.: TA-201-075 Re: Petition for Global Safeguard Relief Pursuant to Sections 201-202 of the Trade Act of 1974 - Cry talline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells (Whether or ot Fully As embled into Other Products) : Response to SEIA Letter Regarding Adjustment Plans Dear Secretary Barton: On behalf of Suniva, Inc. ("Suniva"), we hereby respectfully submit that the letter filed today by Solar Energy Industries Association ("SEIA'') in the above-referenced investigation be rejected as untimely. Suniva understands that the record in the injury phase of this investigation is now closed. As a final matter, in addition to the fact that (as admitted to by SEIA) adjustment plans are not required under U.S. law, the fact of the matter is that Suniva is in Chapter 11 (due to a massive surge of unfairly-traded imports), and thus any such plan will be part of its court- approved restructuring plan. With an affirmative vote on injury from the Commission, Suniva fully intends to complete its restructuring, and with an effective remedy in place, will resume manufacturing operations. Mayer Brown LLP operates in combination with other Mayer Brown entities (the "Mayer Brown Practices"), which have offices in North America, Europe and Asia and are associated with Tauil & Chequer Advogados, a Brazilian law partnership.

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Page 1: MAYER•BROWN · The Honorable Lisa R. Barton Secretary September 19, 2017 Page 2 If you have any questions regarding this submission, please contact the undersigned. 725350616

September 19, 201 7

BY HAND DELIVERY

The Honorable Lisa R. Barton Secretary U.S. International Trade Commission 500 E Street, S.W. Washington, DC 20436

MAYER•BROWN

Mayer Brown LLP 1999 K Street, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20006-1101

Main Tel + 1 202 263 3000 Main Fax+ 1 202 263 3300

www.mayerbrown.com

Matthew Mcconkey Di rectT el + 1 202 263 3235

Direct Fax+ 1 202 263 5300 [email protected]

PUBLIC DOCUMENT Inv. No.: TA-201-075

Re: Petition for Global Safeguard Relief Pursuant to Sections 201-202 of the Trade Act of 1974 - Cry talline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells (Whether or ot Fully As embled into Other Products) : Response to SEIA Letter Regarding Adjustment Plans

Dear Secretary Barton:

On behalf of Suniva, Inc. ("Suniva"), we hereby respectfully submit that the letter filed

today by Solar Energy Industries Association ("SEIA'') in the above-referenced investigation be

rejected as untimely. Suniva understands that the record in the injury phase of this investigation

is now closed.

As a final matter, in addition to the fact that (as admitted to by SEIA) adjustment plans

are not required under U.S. law, the fact of the matter is that Suniva is in Chapter 11 (due to a

massive surge of unfairly-traded imports), and thus any such plan will be part of its court-

approved restructuring plan. With an affirmative vote on injury from the Commission, Suniva

fully intends to complete its restructuring, and with an effective remedy in place, will resume

manufacturing operations.

Mayer Brown LLP operates in combination with other Mayer Brown entities (the "Mayer Brown Practices"), which have offices in North America, Europe and Asia and are associated with Tauil & Chequer Advogados, a Brazilian law partnership.

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The Honorable Lisa R. Barton Secretary September 19, 2017 Page 2

If you have any questions regarding this submission, please contact the undersigned.

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INV. NO.: TA-201-075

PUBLIC CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

This is to certify that I have on this 19111 day of September 2017 caused a copy of the attached to be served upon the following parties as noted below:

{}n behalf of: Representative:

- -Sminutenergy Renewables John P. Smimow

Smirnow Law 1717 K Street, NW Suite 1120 Washington, DC 20006

AES Distributed Energy Inc., China Chamber of Bernd G. Janzen Commerce for Import and Export Machinery and Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP Electronic Products and Sunrun Inc. 1333 New Hampshire Avenue, N.W.

Washington, DC 20036-1564 AES Distributed Energy Inc., Stephen S. Kho

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP 1333 New Hampshire Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC 20036-1564

Auxin Solar Inc. Thomas M. Beline Cassidy Levy Kent (USA) LLP 2000 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Suite 3000 Washington, DC 20006

Boviet Solar Techology Co., Ltd. and Boviet Solar William J. Clinton USA, Ltd. White & Case LLP

701 Thirteenth Street, NW Washington, DC 20005

Changzhou Trina Solar Energy Co., Ltd., Taiwan Robe11 G. Gosselink Photovoltaic Industry Association and Vina Solar Trade Pacific PLLC Technology Co., Ltd. 660 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE

Suite401 Washington, DC 20003

Depcom Power Inc. Kevin O'Brien Baker & McKenzie LLP 815 Connecticut Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20006

European Commission Sibylle Zitko Senior Legal Advisor Delegation of the European Union to the United States of America 2 I 75 K Street, NW Washington , DC 20037

Gigawatt Inc. Deep Patel GigaWatt Inc. 310 E. Orangethorpe Ave Suite D Placentia, CA 92870

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On l)elrnWOf: Re(!'resenta'.tivb:

Goal Zero, LLC and Hanwha Q Cells and Hanwha Q John Gurley CELLS America Inc.: Diana Dimitriuc-Quaia

Arent Fox LLP 1717 K Street, NW Washington, DC 20006

Government of Brazil Aluisio Gomien de Lima Campos Reynaldo Linhares Coiares Embassy of Brazil 3006 Massachusetts Ave., NW Washington, DC 20008

Government of Canada Colin Bird, Minister Counsellor Embassy of Canada 501 Pennsylvania Avenue. N.W. Washington, DC 20001

Government of Indonesia Mrs. Pradnyawati Director of Trade of Defense Ministry of Trade oflndonesia Gedung II Lt. IO Jalan M. I. Ridwan Rais No. 5 Jakarta, Indonesia 10110

Reza Pehievi ChairuI Embassy of Indonesia 2020 Massachusetts A venue, NW Washington, DC 20036

Government of Korea Jim Won Choi, Counsellor Embassy of the Republic of Korea 2450 Massachusetts Ave., N.W. Washington D.C. 20008

Government of Mexico Aristeo Lopez Legal Counsel for International Trade Embassy of Mexico 191 I Pennsylvania Ave., N.W. Washington D.C., 20006

Government of the People's Republic of China Fang Liu, First Secretary Embassy of the People's Republic of China 2133 Wisconsin Ave, N. W., Washington, DC 20001

Government of Taiwan Chien Chi CHAO Economic Officer Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States 4301 Connecticut Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC 20008

Walter Spak, Esq. White & Case LLP 70 I Thirteenth Street, NW Washington, DC 20005

Hemlock Semiconductor Operations LLC Stephen Orava, Esq. King & Spalding 1700 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20006

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On beha.11' of: Re~resenf.ative::

lndo Solar Ltd. H.R. Gupta Indosolar Ltd. Mis M.S. Pothal & Associates, F-12/4, 1st Floor, Malviyanagar, New Delhi-110017

JA Solar International Co., Ltd., JingAo Solar Co., Kristin H. Mowry Ltd., JA Solar Technology Co., Ltd., JA Solar Mowry & Grimson, PLLC Malaysia Sdn. 5335 Wisconsin Ave., NW

Suite 810 Washington, DC 20015

Korea Photovoltaic Industry Association, Hanwha Q Daniel L. Porter, Esq. CELLS Korea, LG Electronics and Hyundai Green Curtis Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP Energy and Government of Canada 1717 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20006 LOF Solar Corp. Hsiao-Chun, Lu

LOF Solar Corp. 2F, N0.6, PROSPERITY RD. 2 HSINCHU SCIENCE PARK HSINCHU 30078 TAIWAN, R.O.C.

Ministry of International Trade and Industry, Mohd Zahid Bin Abdullah, Director Malaysia Ministry of Int'! Trade & Industry

Menara Perdagangan, Antarabangsa dan Industri No. 7 Jalan Sutan Haji Ahmad Shah 50480 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Mission Solar Energy LLC, Jinko Solar Technology Neil R. Ellis SDN. BHD, Jinko Solar Co., Ltd., Zhejiang Jinko Sidley Austin LLP Solar Co., Ltd. Jinko Solar Import and Export Co., 1501 K Street, N.W. Ltd. Zhejiang Jinko Trading Co., Ltd., JinkoSolar Washington, DC 20005 Inc., and OCI Solar Power LLC Neo Solar Power Corporation Jay C. Campbell

White & Case LLP 701 Thirteenth Street, NW Washington, DC 20005

NextEra Energy Resources, LLC and Canadian H. Deen Kaplan Solar Solutions Inc., Canadian Solar Manufacturing Hogan Lovells US LLP Co., Ltd. Canadian Solar Manufacturing Vietnam 555 Thirteenth Street, NW Co., Canadian Solar Indonesia, and Canadian Solar Washington, DC 20004 Brazil Commerce, Import and Export of Solar Panels Ltd. Heliene Inc. and Silfab Solar Inc. REC Solar Pte. Ltd. and REC Americas, LLC: Kelly A. Slater

Appleton Luff PTE LTD 1025 Connecticut Avenue, NW Suite 1000 Washington, DC 20036

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Renewable Energy Systems Americas Inc. and Red Donald B. Cameron, Esq. Sun Energy JSC Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP

1401 Eye Street, NW Suite 600 Washington, DC 20005

Royal Thai Government Prayoth Benyasut Minister (Commercial) Office of Commercial Affairs Royal Thai Embassy 1024 Wisconsin Avenue, NW Suite #202 Washington. DC 20007

Solar Energy Industries Association and its member Matthew R. Nicely SunPower Corporation: Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP

1775 I Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20006-2401

Solaria Corporation Lindsay B . Meyer Venable LLP 600 Massachusetts A venue, NW Washington, DC 20001

Solartech Energy Corp. Jeannie Kao Solartech Energy Corp. 8F. No. 760, Sec. 4 Bade Rd. Songsham Dist., Taipei I 05, Taiwan

SolarWorld Americas, Inc.: Timothy Brightbill, Esq. Wiley Rein LLP 1776 K Street, NW Washington, DC 20006

Solatube International, Inc. Nancy Noonan Arent Fox LLP 1717 K Street, NW Washington, DC 20006

Sunforce Products Inc Kristen Smith, Esq. Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg 1300 Pennsylvania avenue, NW Suite 400 Washington, DC 20004

SunPower Corporation, SunPower Corporation Daniel Gerkin Systems, SunPower North America, LLC, SunPower Vinson and Elkins Corporation Mexico, S. de R.L. de C.V., SunPower 2200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Philippines Manufacturing Ltd. and SunPower Solar Suite 500 West Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. Washington, DC 20037 Tesla and its subsidiary, SolarCity Corpora tion Kenneth G. Weigel

Alston Bird LLP 950 F Street, N. W. Washington, DC 20004

Vietnam Competition Authority Nguyen Phuong Nam Deputy Director General Vietnam Competition Authority No. 25, Ngo Quyen Str., Hoan Kiem Dist., Ha Noi, Vietnam

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Vikram Solar Pvt Ltd Ratheesh Malottu M.S. Pothal & Associates, F-12/4, 1st Floor, Malvivanagar, New Delhi-110017

Vina Solar Technology Co., Ltd. Robert G. Gosselink Trade Pacific PLLC 660 Pennsylvania A venue, SE Suite 401 Washington, DC 20003

Wacker Polysilicon North America LLC and Wacker Brian L. Eftink, Esq. Chemie AG Wacker Polysilicon North America LLC

553 Wacker Boulevard, N.W. Charleston, TN 37310

Eleesha Jackson

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