The House Ways and Means Committee advanced a resolution to cancel President Joe Biden ‘s emergency solar proclamation, which was done to protect Asian solar product imports from tariffs through next summer.
The bipartisan vote shows support for the expansion of tariffs on solar cell and module imports from four Asian countries, many of which the Commerce Department found in December to be circumventing existing duties on Chinese solar imports but are being protected from tariffs under Biden’s order.
THE STAKES JUST GOT HIGHER FOR BIDEN’S SOLAR EFFORTS
“This resolution is simply about enforcement,” said Rep. Terri Sewell (D-AL), who co-sponsored the resolution.
The bipartisan Congressional Review Act resolution, introduced by Reps. Dan Kildee (D-MI) and Bill Posey (R-FL) in January, pits domestic solar manufacturing interests against the downstream part of the solar sector, including project developers
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