slap tariffs on solar panels built in china, this after finding chinese companies are selling them here at below-market prices, but some say the tariffs may actually backfire and end up hurting many american businesses,. dan spring ser live in seattle with more. >> reporter: it was done by the brattle group, that says there could be a net loss of 1000 jobs in the u.s. if a tariff is slapped on chinese imports and that's because of the 100,000 jobs tied to the domestic solar industry, only 3 percent are in manufacturing. the vast majority are in engineering and installation. solar world, a german company that has a big plant outside of portland, in oregon, brought the complaint to the commerce department, the commerce department investigated, and it has ruled prelimnarily that chinese competitors are selling panels 31 percent below their cost, and it's allowed them to grab over half the u.s. market share. solar world is claiming victory over the tariff: >> it basically allows us to compete on technology, on

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