After a more than year-long investigation, federal officials have concluded that five Chinese solar panel companies have been skirting US tariff laws by routing their operations through four other Southeast Asian countries.

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    1 year ago

    Good. Tariffs are stupid. They’re a tax on the people and only serve to slow adoption of green energy technologies.

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      1 year ago

      US is trying to move it’s manufacturing to Mexico for geopolitical reasons in the short- to medium- term and economic reasons in the long-term. Tarrifs makes things from China more expensive, so investors/developers will be more likely to find other places that make them more money, like places that dont have tarrifs and are near by.