Climate Politics

Biden Threatens to Veto Bill to Lift Moratorium on Solar Tariffs

Joe Biden speaks to members of the media on the South Lawn of the White House.Photographer: Ken Cedeno/UPI/Bloomberg
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President Joe Biden is threatening to veto legislation that would re-instate tariffs as high as 254% on solar panels imported from Southeast Asia, the White House said Monday.

The bill, slated for a House vote later this week, would repeal a two-year moratorium on solar tariffs imposed by the Biden administration to blunt economic pain after the Commerce Department found some Chinese solar manufacturers were evading decade-old import duties.