Trump Thwarted in Latest Bid to Kill Solar-Tariff Loophole (1)
By Brian Eckhouse
Oct. 26, 2020, 4:28 PM
A U.S. trade court temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s latest bid to end a loophole it had granted on two-sided solar panels.
The order Saturday came weeks after President Donald Trump moved to eliminate a tariff exemption for so-called bifacial, panels. Prior to that proclamation, the government tried for more than a year to revoke the exemption, only to get repeatedly thwarted by the trade court.
Court of International Trade Judge Gary Katzmann issued a temporary restraining order that effectively prevents the tariff exemption from being removed for two weeks, unless the court takes other action during that time. ...