"The Chinese government hopes the United States will scrupulously abide by its promise to oppose trade protectionism, avoid adopting protectionist measures on Chinese solar cell products, jointly protect a free, open and fair international trade environment, and adopt more rational means of handling trade frictions." The statement said China's development of a solar power industry was an "effort to try to improve humanity's environment," and called on the United States to "join together with other countries to strengthen cooperation in the field of solar energy, and join together to face the challenges of climate change and the environment." The CASM response quoted Gordon Brinser, president of SolarWorld Industries America, the only named company among seven U.S. firms that asked the U.S. International Trade Commission and Department of Commerce to put tariffs on Chinese manufacturers that allegedly receive illegal subsidies and are dumping products in the United States.