Climate Changed
Solar Has a $1.5 Billion, Long-Shot Plan to End a Trade War
- Trump expected to decide on new solar tariffs by Jan. 26
- Solar says plan could be part of eventual ‘global settlement’
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While President Donald Trump prepares to announce his decision on new solar panel import tariffs, the U.S. industry is quietly trying to broker a sweeping deal to settle a different trade dispute with China involving an estimated $1.5 billion held by Washington.
Since 2012, the U.S. has been collecting duties on panels imported from China. American solar companies are pushing to divvy up that money between manufacturers and suppliers in both the U.S. and China as part of a deal that, they say, could effectively reset solar-trade relations between the two nations.