Sunrise brief: President Biden vetoes legislation to repeal moratorium on solar tariffs
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President Biden vetoes legislation to repeal moratorium on solar tariffs
Biden vetoed the repeal, saying it would undermine the efforts to ramp up domestic manufacturing to support a burgeoning solar industry and would create uncertainty for businesses and workers in the U.S. solar industry.
Sunrise brief: Senate votes to resume solar tariffs, threatening clean energy supply
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Senate votes to resume solar tariffs, threatening clean energy supply
The United States Senate voted to overturn President Biden’s two-year pause on tariffing solar goods shipped from four Southeast Asian nations responsible for 80% of solar supply. Biden is expected to veto the resolution.
Sunrise brief: House votes to resume solar tariffs
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House votes to resume solar tariffs
President Biden’s two-year halt on solar import tariffs is intended to create a bridge of supply as the U.S. ramps its domestic manufacturing capacity.
American companies ask Congress to reject $1 billion in retroactive solar tariffs
More than 400 companies sent a letter saying that repealing the two-year solar tariff moratorium would eliminate 30,000 jobs, including 4,000 manufacturing jobs.
Even with tariffs in place, there’s still room for growth in solar installations
A significant volume of solar cells and wafers made in southeast Asia by the largest solar manufacturers in the world, including Jinko, JA Solar, LONGi, Trina, may have the opportunity to legally avoid the tariffs.
Sunrise brief: Tariffs are not the biggest threat to U.S. module supply
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Commerce Department AD/CVD ruling calls for continued tariffs on solar imports
The ruling is a mistake that the solar industry will have to deal with for the next several years, according to a solar trade group CEO.
