Biden Blocked Solar Panel Tariffs To ‘Accelerate Domestic Production.’ Two Years Later, China Is Even More Dominant.
In June 2022, President Joe Biden implemented an unprecedented 24-month moratorium on tariffs targeting Chinese solar panels and invoked a Cold War-era law in an effort to spur domestic clean energy manufacturing. The president characterized the action as a two-year “bridge” that would allow American companies to catch up to their Chinese competitors. Two years