Trump wants to up high tariffs on imported solar panels and cells next year - blaming bifacial modules.
The President, on January 2018, gave the go ahead for the application of high tariffs on many imported solar panels and cells. The tariffs kicked off at 30% and were to gradually taper off to 15% over four years.
In June 2019, the U.S Trade Representative announced bifacial solar panels would be set apart from the tariff. The withdrawal of the exclusion for bifacial solar panels was to apply as of October 28, 2019, but various subsequent court rulings blocked the move.
The USA's SEIA are yet to comment on the proclamation. Late last year SEIA said the introduction of tariffs on imported solar panels and cells brought the loss of tens of thousands of jobs and billions of dollars in new private sector investment.
Trump has been busy since his return from the Walter Reed Hospital for COVID-19, where he was given a lot of drugs. One of the drug's potential side effects are psychosis, delirium and mania.
Whether the president was experiencing any side effects when signing off the proclamation, it could be hard to tell.
Culled from MICHAEL BLOCH.
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