Donald Trump’s tariffs on panels will cost US solar industry thousands of jobs

by | Feb 2, 2018 | Solar Energy | 0 comments

Donald Trump’s decision to impose a tariff on imported solar panels will cost the US solar industry about 23,000 jobs this year and risks slowing the growth of clean energy that would help address climate change, renewable energy advocates warned.

Trump has imposed a 30% tariff on foreign-made solar cells and modules, with the White House expressing alarm at a huge rise in imported components “spurred on by artificially low-priced solar cells and modules from China”.

read more at: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/jan/23/donald-trump-tariffs-solar-panels

 

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