US-China Relations

Biden Raises Solar Import Tariffs, Targeting CCP’s Unfair Trade Practices

The protections include a crackdown on solar imports from Asia and improvements to current tax credits.
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Biden Raises Solar Import Tariffs, Targeting CCP’s Unfair Trade Practices
A worker produces solar photovoltaic modules used for solar panels at a workshop in Huaian city, in eastern China's Jiangsu Province on Sept. 5, 2023. STR/AFP via Getty Images
T.J. Muscaro
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As the Biden administration rolled out new sanctions against China’s communist regime for what it calls “unfair trade practices,” protections were also announced specifically for the United States’ growing solar industry.

Those protections, announced on May 15, come as President Joe Biden looks to promote his “Investing in America” agenda, continue the clean energy transition in the United States, and define his position toward the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) during another presidential race against former President Donald Trump.

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T.J. Muscaro
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T.J. Muscaro is an award-winning reporter and NASA Correspondent for The Epoch Times, covering the Artemis program, Space Force, and other public and private ambitions within the growing space industry. Based in Tampa, Florida, he also covers stories of extreme weather and disaster relief, as well as various matters of national and international politics.