Enforcement of New Solar Panel Tariffs Delayed in Move to Boost Industry

On June 6, 2022, President Joe Biden signed an order that will exempt Southeast Asian nations from any new tariffs on solar panels for two years in order to alleviate concerns about the crippling effects of an ongoing Commerce Department investigation into whether manufacturers of solar panel components in Southeast Asia are being used to circumvent U.S. tariffs on Chinese solar companies. Biden will also invoke the Defense Protection Act to drive U.S. manufacturing of solar panels and other clean energy technologies in the future, with the support of loans and grants. If production ramps up as expected, the administration expects domestic solar manufacturing to triple by 2024.

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