Biden Keeps Trump Solar Tariffs But Preserves Key Exemption (1)

President Joe Biden is extending tariffs on imported solar equipment but leaving in place a critical exemption, attempting a middle-ground approach that could boost domestic manufacturing as well as U.S. renewable-energy deployment.

The tariffs had been scheduled to expire in early February and will now run for another four years, under a proclamation Biden issued Friday. Former President Donald Trump introduced the tariffs in 2018.

Biden’s move includes an exemption for imported two-sided, or bifacial, panels that are widely used in utility-scale solar projects. The exclusion was first granted by Trump, and though he later tried to eliminate it, ...