Unintended consequences are a bitch.
https://fee.org/articles/the-solar-panel-tariff-threatens-far-more-american-jobs-than-it-protects/
https://fee.org/articles/the-solar-panel-tariff-threatens-far-more-american-jobs-than-it-protects/
Fallout From the Solar Panel Tariff
- Thread starter Ponca Dan
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great... no more subsidies. Saving billions in that alone. What is the net effect?
I think the solar panel industry needs to look at this:
"Despite receiving billions of dollars in subsidies, the U.S. solar panel manufacturing industry is not competitive with Chinese imports. There is a robust solar industry in the United States; it’s just not in the manufacture of panels."
"Despite receiving billions of dollars in subsidies, the U.S. solar panel manufacturing industry is not competitive with Chinese imports. There is a robust solar industry in the United States; it’s just not in the manufacture of panels."
Did you read past the first line? I’m not sure I understand what you’re saying. Are you advocating for no more subsidies? If you are I completely agree! Are you proposing that subsidies be ended but the tariff stay in place? Would that be a wash and counter to what Trump says he wants? Ending the subsidy might put in jeopardy the jobs Trump says he wants to save, while simultaneously the tariff would continue to threaten the other 260,000 jobs. Wouldn’t the best alternative be for the government to step aside and let the market decide?
