Posted 1/29/2024, 6:58:24 PM
Georgia Senators Urge Biden to Get Tough on Cheap Chinese Solar Panels
- Bipartisan group of senators, led by Georgia Democrats Ossoff and Warnock, urge Biden to increase tariffs on Chinese solar panels
- They argue cheap Chinese panels threaten fledgling US solar manufacturing industry and clean energy goals
- Issue highlights one of Biden's re-election pitches - his economic policies transforming US energy landscape
- Georgia has benefited from investments in solar and EV battery plants that could be undermined by Chinese competition
- Senators warn that by 2026 China will have enough solar panel capacity to meet global demand for next decade, posing "existential threat"