It’s time for an update on the trade of solar panels being imported into the United States. A lot has happened in the past few months, and Tuesday we got some more news related to this subject. But first, we need a little context. Just a little!
In March, the Commerce Department, responding to a petition from a small California-based solar panel manufacturer, announced it would be investigating imports of solar panels from a group of southeast Asian countries to determine if – as the petition alleged – Chinese solar companies were rerouting what are basically Chinese-made solar panels through those countries to avoid well-earned U.S. tariffs. This is called “circumvention.”
