"A U.S.-China trade war would be bad for the solar industry, bad for jobs and bad for the [global] economy," says Andrew Beebe, chief commercial officer of Wuxi, China-based Suntech Power Holdings, the world's largest solar cell maker, with 2010 revenue reaching US$3 billion. It "would make solar electricity less competitive against traditional forms of electricity generation…. The vast majority of solar industry jobs are in end-use markets surrounding project development, construction and installation, and these jobs depend on affordable solar panels in order to be cost-competitive against traditional energy resources."Chinese companies, including Suntech, and more than 130 U.S. companies had joined together to oppose SolarWorld's case under the Coalition for Affordable Solar Energy.