Senators introduce bill to repeal Section 201 restrictions on solar products

Sens. Martin Heinrich (D-NM) and Dean Heller (R-NV) last week introduced legislation that would roll back safeguard duties on solar products in an attempt to shore up an industry that they say has been stifled by President Trump's restrictions. The “Protecting American Solar Jobs Act,” a companion to legislation introduced in the House in April, would roll back Section 201 tariff-rate quotas -- imposed by Trump in February -- to previous rates and allow companies that imported any affected solar...