Energy & Science
Trump Thwarted in Latest Bid to Kill Solar-Tariff Loophole
- Court blocks removal of solar-tariff exemption sought by U.S.
- Move temporarily prevents tariff exemption from being removed
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A U.S. trade court temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s latest bid to end a loophole it had granted on two-sided solar panels.
The order Saturday came weeks after President Donald Trump moved to eliminate a tariff exemption for so-called bifacial, panels. Prior to that proclamation, the government tried for more than a year to revoke the exemption, only to get repeatedly thwarted by the trade court.