Solar Tariffs Up to 254% Risk Return in Congress Anti-China Push
- House panel sends bill repealing solar tariff pause to floor
- Solar industry alarmed as effort gains momentum in Congress
A worker solders solar cell modules at a factory in Cambodia.
Photographer: Taylor Weidman/Bloomberg
Momentum is building in Congress over an effort to re-instate debilitating solar tariffs on US imports of panels from Southeast Asia, raising alarm from renewable developers.
The House Ways and Means committee voted Wednesday, with Democratic support, to advance to the floor a bill that would undo a two-year Biden administration pause on duties as high as 254% that threatened to paralyze the US solar industry — and place companies on the hook for retroactive duties estimated to be more than $1 billion.
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Solar Tariffs Up to 254% Risk Return in Congress Anti-China Push