"Trump's seemingly trying his best to put the US at the very rear of solar power, while China is prepping itself to be at the front of it. This is going to hurt the US in the decades to come, at least in potential earnings lost.
The US could be at the front of "Made in the USA" when it comes to solar and solar exports, if it wanted."
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I’ve never been a fan of Trump’s protectionism. Free trade FTW
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The reason China is at the forefront is because the pollution is already having a bad effect on their cities. The air in Beijing is almost unbreathable.
Unfortunately we will make the same exact mistake and not do anything about it until OUR air becomes unbreathable too.
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I mean I'm right-wing, I just like free trade.
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But if you bothered to read, this is pretty important:"a move that threatens to handicap a $28 billion industry that relies on parts made abroad for 80 percent of its supply"
The industry is reliant on some imported parts to produce the whole, just like most US manufacturers/products, they don't make the product 100%. eg a 90% completed solar-panel is about as useless as a 0% completed unit.
Of coarse its non sensical to you, because it actually makes sense. Nothing wrong with adding a tax, after all, why shouldnt they pay more, we do for American made.
It actually doesn't, it's you mixing irrelevant issues and trying for a "gotcha!" moment. Anyhow, reality:
I'd say possibly crippling a US industry that's been steadily growing for years and the possible loss of "tens of thousands" of US job as something that in wrong and outright harmful to the US economy.
The increased cost is also then transferred onto the consumer in the final product. Even more-so if supply is affected.
ie He'll be paying more for those US made solar panels when he decides to redo his house, if he can find any to begin with. Which I'm sure he's totally cool with or something
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