The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote Friday on whether to repeal President Joe Biden's suspension of tariffs on solar panels from four Southeast Asian nations, a move solar project builders say would stall clean energy development.
The bipartisan effort to restore tariffs on solar imports from Malaysia, Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam is aimed at boosting domestic solar manufacturers who say they cannot compete with cheap products made overseas, primarily by Chinese companies. Panels from the four nations, which host manufacturing facilities owned by Chinese companies, account for about 80% of U.S. supplies.
It is widely expected to pass in the Republican-led House, but its fate is unclear in the Senate, which is controlled by Democrats. Biden has said he would veto the legislation, which could only be overturned with a two-thirds majority of the Senate. Top clean energy trade groups have called on members of Congress to oppose the measure. The Solar Energy Industries Association projected that its passage would result in cancellation of 14% of the industry's planned new capacity this year and the loss of $4.2 billion in investment.
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