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January 18, 2025

USTR's trade policy panel probes solar groups on WTO considerations, remedy options

By Isabelle Icso  / December 6, 2017 at 9:21 PM
The Trade Policy Staff Committee, chaired by the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, on Wednesday questioned solar groups about World Trade Organization safeguard provisions in a Section 201 investigation and heard endorsements from both sides of an import licensing fee as a mechanism President Trump could use to revive the domestic industry. During the Dec. 6 hearing, the TPSC heard from interested parties on the appropriateness of proposed remedies the panel is tasked with considering in the investigation into...

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