New Solar Panel Trade Fight Looms, Industry Groups Warn
- Potential trade complaint would target Southeast Asia panels
- US solar manufacturers struggle against surge of cheap imports
Manufacturers have asked the Biden administration to extend existing tariffs to two-sided panels now exempted from the duties.
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Renewable energy trade groups are bracing for more upheaval around US solar imports, including possible new trade probes that could lead to additional tariffs on foreign-made panels.
The caution comes amid escalating concern from US solar manufacturers that surging imports of cheap panels are undermining existing tariff protections and government efforts to boost domestic production. At least one planned US solar wafer factory already has been scrapped, with manufacturer CubicPV citing “a dramatic collapse in wafer prices” for the decision.