Commerce department decided to impose tariffs on solar panels imported from china after concluding that manufacturers there received.
Has the u s impose tariffs on solar panels yet.
Will impose duties of as much.
On solar panels trump imposed tariffs of 30 percent in the first year which will gradually fall to half that figure in four years.
Suniva had sought import duties of 32 cents a watt for solar panels produced outside the u s.
The trump tariffs are a series of united states tariffs imposed during the presidency of donald trump as part of his america first economic policy to reduce the united states trade deficit by shifting american trade policy from multilateral free trade agreements to bilateral trade deals.
Trade commission is recommending that the trump administration impose tariffs of up to 35 percent to slow an influx of low cost solar panels imported from china and other countries.
Those levies were less severe than requested by suniva and.
Ratcheting up the battle over a vital energy industry the u s.
In january 2018 trump imposed tariffs on solar panels and washing machines of 30 to 50 percent.