Trina Solar Response to Trade Action Filed in the United States

CHANGZHOU, China, Oct. 24, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- On October 19, 2011, a trade action was filed in Washington, DC alleging the unfair importation of Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells and Modules from China. Trina Solar, among other Chinese suppliers, was identified as an exporter of these products to the United States market.

Trina Solar believes the allegations made by the U.S. petitioners will eventually prove to be unfounded and that Trina Solar's transactions with its United States customers were made in accordance with international trade practices.  The company has, and will continue to, adhere to prudent and recognized United States industry practices and standards.  Trina Solar is confident that these facts will be affirmed within the proceedings.

As before, Trina Solar remains dedicated to bringing the sustainable benefits of clean and innovative solar energy products and services to residential, commercial and utility scale customers throughout the United States and worldwide.

About Trina Solar Limited  

Trina Solar Limited (NYSE: TSL), through its wholly-owned subsidiary Changzhou Trina Solar Energy Co. Ltd., is a leading manufacturer of high quality modules and has a long history as a solar PV pioneer since it was founded in 1997 as a system installation company. Trina Solar is one of the few PV manufacturers that have developed a vertically integrated business model from the production of monocrystalline and multicrystalline silicon ingots, wafers and cells to the assembly of high quality modules. Trina Solar's products provide reliable and environmentally-friendly electric power for a growing variety of end-user applications worldwide. For further information, please visit Trina Solar's website at http://www.trinasolar.com.

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SOURCE Trina Solar Limited