DOJ to Appeal Decision That Reopened Solar Loophole Trump Killed

The U.S. Department of Justice plans to appeal a Court of International Trade ruling, a move aimed at reinstating import duties on so-called bifacial solar panels.

• Department filed notice of appeal Friday, challenging November reinstatement of tariff exemption
• Donald Trump had eliminated a loophole that had exempted two-sided, or bifacial, solar panels from import duties. That move “constituted an action outside the president’s delegated authority,” a trade judge ruled last year
• U.S. renewables industry trade group opposes import duties on panels
  • “This action is counter to President Biden’s goals of rapidly deploying clean energy, creating jobs and lowering consumer costs”: ...