Source: marketwatch.com
Thawj Tswj Hwm Joe Biden yuav txuas ntxiv Trump- era tariffs rau cov khoom siv hnub ci txawv teb chaws los ntawm plaub xyoos, tab sis nyob rau hauv ib tug taw tes rau lub hnub ci installers nyob rau hauv lub teb chaws, eased cov nqe lus kom tshem tawm ib tug vaj huam sib luag technology nce siv nyob rau hauv loj US tej yaam num.
The decision, announced by a top administration official to the Wall Street Journal and other news outlets Friday, reflects the Biden administration's challenge to support American union labor, but accept the often cheaper overseas-made components that could help propel the U.S. to its ambitious zero-emissions goals.
Reducing or eliminating the tariffs was heavily pushed by U.S. solar installers, while the U.S. makers of solar components said they still needed the trade boost to remain competitive with overseas, mostly Asian, competition. Other renewable-energy interests have said access to cheaper solar manufacturing is necessary to keep the energy source more attractive than traditional fossil fuels, such as oil CL00,
Plaub-xyoo txuas ntxiv ntawm tus nqi se tau zam rau cov vaj huam sib luag bifacial uas tuaj yeem tsim hluav taws xob ntawm ob sab thiab tau txais txiaj ntsig los ntawm cov neeg tsim khoom loj -. Cov thev naus laus zis tau dhau los ua kom yooj yim dua nyob rau lub sijhawm txij li cov nqi se tau ua ntej los ntawm kev tswj hwm yav dhau los.
The extension also doubles the import quota on solar cells — the main components of panels — to 5 gigawatts, and opens a pathway for duty-free supply from neighboring Canada and Mexico, the Journal reported.
Yav dhau los Thawj Tswj Hwm Trump leaned rau xyoo 1974 kev ua lag luam rau cov tariffs, uas tau teem tseg rau lub Ob Hlis 6. Cov tariffs pib ntawm 30 feem pua thiab tsis kam mus rau 15 feem pua hauv xyoo kawg.
US International Trade Commission nyob rau lub Kaum Ib Hlis, tom qab kev tshuaj xyuas peb - hli, tau hais tias cov nqi se tseem tsim nyog los tiv thaiv kev puas tsuaj rau Asmeskas kev lag luam hnub ci.
Broader solar trade groups countered that the continuation of the tariffs would threaten Biden's goal to dramatically expand clean energy ICLN,
Cov neeg tawm tsam txuas ntxiv cov nqi se tau sau tseg tias cov nqi hauv tsev rau hnub ci vaj huam sib luag tam sim no yog cov siab tshaj plaws hauv ntiaj teb thiab tseem ceeb tshaj qhov nruab nrab ntawm lub ntiaj teb.
Raws li lub koom haum Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), cov nqi hnub ci no tau ua rau poob ntau dua 62, 000 Asmeskas huv - cov haujlwm hluav taws xob thiab tsis cuam tshuam rau US txoj haujlwm loj hlob hauv cheeb tsam no.
Current domestic production of solar panels only meets 15 percent of the U.S. solar demand, they said. Nearly 90 percent of workers in the domestic solar industry work in non-manufacturing jobs — from installation and maintenance to operations, distribution and development — and rely on the availability of "affordable" solar panels, the trade group says.
Sen. Jacky Rosen, tus Democrats los ntawm Nevada, uas tawm tsam qhov kev ncua nqi se, tau txaus siab rau cov thawj coj tau ua raws li kev hu xov tooj kom tshem tawm cov vaj huam sib luag bifacial thiab nce tus naj npawb ntawm cov khoom siv hluav taws xob tuaj yeem siv tau.
But, Rosen said, she "will continue working to strengthen solar industry jobs in Nevada and across the country by boosting American manufacturing and fighting to end these misguided solar tariffs, including through legislation."
Biden has pledged to set the U.S. on course toward net-zero emissions by 2050 and an even more ambitious marker of halving US emissions los ntawm qhov kawg ntawm lub xyoo caum no. Tab sis hauv kev thawb lub zog tauj dua tshiab thiab hluav taws xob - tsheb txhawb nqa nws kuj tau hais tias cov haujlwm hauv Asmeskas thiab tshwj xeeb, cov haujlwm hauv koomhaum, yuav tsum yog qhov tseem ceeb.
