Biden Seeks to Bolster Solar Manufacturers With Tax and Trade Moves

  • US manufacturers demand protection from wave of Asian imports
  • More foreign solar cells could be imported to US tariff-free
Solar cells at a solar panel manufacturing facility in the US.Photographer: Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle/Getty Images
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The Biden administration is initiating a suite of policies it says will help foster a deeper domestic supply chain for solar panels, following pleas from US manufacturers confronting a surge of tariff-free imports.

The measures announced Thursday include expanded tariffs, tax policy guidanceBloomberg Terminal that could boost demand for some US-made solar equipment and promises of heightened vigilance for signs of unfair trade.