The success of the washing machine tariffs shows that “tariff-jumping investment,” i.e. inducing domestic industry growth via tariffs is a viable strategy for the U.S. in industries that have suffered decline.
Solar tax credits will make up for some of the damage done to the Section 201 solar safeguards. But Congress beware: the U.S. can’t out-subsidize China.
Solar and steel tariffs helped the industry expand. Here is where the naysayers were wrong about rising prices and market destruction due to anti-dumping charges and other trade remedies.
In part two of a two-part series on the USTR hearing on the solar safeguard extension, a look at what solar manufacturers and the opposition told the Trade Committee as they wait for President Biden’s word on tariffs.
The USTR recently held a hearing among stakeholders regarding the extension of the Section 201 safeguard tariffs for solar. Here’s an overview of what’s at stake and why John Kerry is the Joker’s Wild.