Senators Seek to Reverse Biden’s Tariff Waivers on Chinese Solar Panels

Two Democratic senators are calling on President Joe Biden to repeal tariff waivers that Chinese companies are using to circumvent anti-dumping and countervailing duties by moving solar cells and modules through four Southeast Asian countries.
Sens. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) and Bob Casey (D-Pa.) cited the findings in a March 2 letter, stating that “circumvention of U.S. trade law is indisputably happening, and it is harming American workers and industry.”
On Dec. 2 of last year, the Commerce Department issued a preliminary determination on the issue, examining “a complaint alleging that eight solar companies that manufacture solar cells and modules are manufacturing the components in the PRC, then sending those cells and modules to Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand, and/or Vietnam for minor processing before being exported to the United States….}