Current tariffs in the United States were introduced by Trump in 2018 with some having been retained after a review by the Biden administration in February this year. Currently, American firms can only supply 35% of the solar panels required in the United States as the country seeks to move towards ambitious clean energy goals by 2035 with demand increasing by over 9% a year. Politicians and even those within the industry itself argue this would not be possible without imported panels from Southeast Asian countries such as Thailand.

https://www.thaiexaminer.com/thai-news-foreigners/2022/05/19/thailand-defends-solar-panel-industry-from-us-probe/

Joseph O' Connor report ...