Washington D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Ossoff released the following statement on the Biden Administration heeding his bipartisan call to strengthen enforcement against China’s abusive solar imports.
“I’m pleased to see the Biden Administration today heed our bipartisan call to strengthen trade enforcement against China’s attempts to destroy U.S. solar manufacturing.
“While much more needs to be done to strengthen American solar manufacturing and energy security, today’s action is a step in the right direction.”
Sen. Ossoff continues working to strengthen American solar manufacturing and energy independence.
In January, Sens. Ossoff, Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Marco Rubio (R-FL), and Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-GA) urged President Biden to increase tariffs on Chinese-made solar module, cell, and wafer imports under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974.
In February, Sen. Ossoff led a group of Senators pressing the Biden Administration to ensure domestic production of wafers and polysilicon is properly incentivized through the Inflation Reduction Act’s bonus tax credit for domestic content, as intended by Congress, to help American solar manufacturing compete with China.
In March, Sens. Ossoff and Rev. Warnock pressed the Biden Administration to take action and eliminate the tariff exemption for bifacial modules under Section 201 of the Trade Act of 1974 to boost the competitive advantage of American bifacial module manufacturers.
This month, Sen. Ossoff pressed the Biden Administration to end the emergency declared in June 2022 that authorized the U.S. Department of Commerce to waive certain duties on solar products manufactured in China and imported from Southeast Asian countries.
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