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Somewhat curious as the media was not as dramatic when the EU did solarimport tariffs: http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-13-501_en.htm http://europa.eu/ra
by Zenst 8y ago
Somewhat curious as the media was not as dramatic when the EU did solarimport tariffs: http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-13-501_en.htm http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-13-501_en.htm
But then, the EU also imposed import tariffs on steel.
The USA has solar panel production companies, so would be interesting why they are not being utilised more, as that is what import tariffs are for - to protect local industry from cheap imports.
- topspin 8y agoThe US imposed tariffs on Chinese and Taiwanese solar panels as well in 2014. https://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/17/business/energy-environment/-us-imposes-steep-tariffs-on-chinese-solar-panels.html https://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/17/business/energy-environme... Prior to 1914 and for most of the history of the US the bulk of Federal government revenue was tariffs.
- detaro 8y agoHere in Germany, I remember quite a articles about the EU tariffs, arguments following similar lines as here: "dumping prices kill local manufacturers, tariffs compensated and/or forced companies to adjust pricing on one side" vs "local companies still in bad shape or dead, less business for installers, less build-out of solar happened". Especially the last renewal was fairly controversial.