USTR to exclude crop of solar products from Section 201 measures

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative will exclude a variety of solar panel products, including all modules that contain crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells wholly produced in the U.S., from Section 201 measures imposed by President Trump earlier this year. Trump on Jan. 22 chose to impose a 30 percent tariff on all foreign crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells and modules in 2018, with the tariff to decline each year for three years, while exempting the first 2.5 gigawatts of imported...