Why Do Western Governments Keep Folding to China? Nexperia Serves Up Another Example.
The Netherlands is the latest example of a country succumbing to China’s leadership position in critical supply chains.
Renewable energy industries are vital for America in the 21st century. The US must have a diversity of energy sources including solar power, wind power, hydroelectric, and fossil fuel. We must have the capability to manufacture the vital equipment and supplies in each sector because a healthy energy sector is essential for national and economic security.
For much of the 20th century, the US was dependent on oil supplies from foreign nations, at great cost to our economy, our national security, our foreign policies, and our pocketbook. We must ensure we are never again in that position. We can do that by creating the conditions so that the two most important growth sectors in energy, solar power and wind power, are produced here with equipment and technology developed and located here in America.
The Netherlands is the latest example of a country succumbing to China’s leadership position in critical supply chains.
The latest Section 232 announcements expand the list of ongoing investigations into imported goods that could be exposed to higher tariffs.
Data centers powering AI need copper wiring and transformers. EVs use nearly four times more copper than gas-powered cars. Wind turbines, solar farms and the modern electric grid all depend on it. As such, copper is a building block of tomorrow’s economy and the backbone of America’s national security.
Findings Indicate that Copper Products Remain Essential to U.S. Economy and National Security as Trump Administration Seeks to Protect and Enhance Industry
Ruling Clears the Way for Retroactive Tariffs on Billions in Illegally Imported Chinese Solar Equipment
The domestic polysilicon supply remains a national security imperative for the United States for many reasons including: China’s link to forced labor and human rights abuses; a globalized Chinese Communist Party-subsidized solar industry leading to overcapacity and export dumping; and the limitations of U.S. trade remedies to help, deep into the solar supply chain.