Trade hawks fear an opportunity to hold both China and President
Joe Biden accountable is being lost as legislation rolling back an administration rule on Chinese solar panels languishes in Congress.
The bipartisan resolution takes aim at Biden’s “
Solar Declaration of Emergency
” order, a rule critics say hamstrings the government’s ability to enforce trade laws intended to protect U.S. companies from unfair foreign competition. As a Commerce Department investigation into China’s potential circumvention of anti-dumping tariffs was underway last year, Biden’s declaration moved to suspend potential tariffs on solar panels that could result from the inquiry.
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The department codified the rule in November, weeks before assessing that China was evading U.S. tariffs on Chinese-made solar
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