In a side effort to curb oil and natural consumption the Biden admin will not levy import tariffs on Chinese made solar panels exported to America…
The Chinese imports are under investigation for princing schemes….
This is another example of how past America policy views have come up against the harsh reality of America’s economy’s health and political reality….
Increasing?
Biden & Co. is being forced to look ‘the otherway’….
The Biden administration on Monday announced a two-year pause on imposing any new tariffs on the solar industry, following an outcry from importers who have complained the levies are threatening broader adoption of solar energy in the United States.
The decision is a victory for domestic solar installers, who said the tariffs would put at risk the Biden administration’s goal of significantly cutting carbon emissions by the end of the decade. But it will go against the wishes of American manufacturers and labor unions, which have been pushing the administration to erect tougher barriers on cheap imports to help revive the domestic solar industry.
To counteract those complaints and boost the domestic solar industry, the administration also announced it would take immediate steps to attempt to speed domestic manufacturing of solar components. Those efforts include a series of presidential orders that President Biden will sign to invoke the authorities of the Defense Production Act, which gives the president expanded powers and funding to direct the activities of private businesses.
But trade experts said Mr. Biden’s actions may still short cut trade laws aimed at protecting American workers, by putting the White House on course to undermine an ongoing administration investigation into potential trade violations by Chinese solar manufacturers…
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“The last couple of months we have had to pause all construction efforts,” said Scott Buckley, president of Green Lantern Solar, a solar installer based in Vermont. Mr. Buckley said his company had been forced to put about 10 projects on hold, which would have resulted in the installation of about 50 square acres of solar panels.
Mr. Buckley said there was no easy solution to the country’s reliance on imported products in the short term, and that the White House’s actions on Monday would allow companies like his to resume installations this year.
“This is a get back to work order,” he said. “That’s the way I think about it. Let’s clear the log jams.”…
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But domestic solar producers and U.S. labor unions said these imports clearly violated U.S. trade law, which forbids companies from trying to avoid U.S. tariffs by moving production or assembly of a product to another country. They accused importers of exaggerating their industry’s hardships to try to sway the Biden administration and preserve profit margins that stem from unfairly priced imports….