Later this month, President Trump faces one of the biggest
trade decisions of his presidency. By Jan. 26th, the president must
decide whether to levy duties on solar cell and module imports, and what level
those duties should be. The International Trade Commission (ITC) found
in September that the industry has suffered injury from imports from China and
elsewhere, and unanimously recommended that duties should be levied. The two
complainants, struggling solar manufacturing companies Suniva and SolarWorld,
have each said the recommended duties are not high enough to save the
manufacturing industry, while the solar installers’ trade association, the
SEIA, has loudly protested that duties could have a negative impact on industry
growth.
