LG to stop making solar panels in Alabama. Why? Because Joe removed tariffs on solar panels built in Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam. Built by the Chinese solar manufacturers.
And who asked Joe to remove those tariffs? Biden had been lobbied by 12 Senate Democrats who sent a letter asking the administration not to impose any tariffs.
Dianne Feinstein
United States Senator
Jack Reed
United States Senator
Brian Schatz
United States Senator
Mazie K. Hirono
United States Senator
Tim Kaine
United States Senator
John Hickenlooper
United States Senator
Jacky Rosen
United States Senator
Thomas R. Carper
United States Senator
Angus S. King, Jr.
United States Senator
Michael F. Bennet
United States Senator
Martin Heinrich
United States Senator
Sheldon Whitehouse
United States Senator
From 2001 to 2018, U.S. free trade with China has cost Alabama at least 50,700 jobs or about 2.5 percent of the state’s employment. A previous study found that permanent 25 percent tariffs on China-made products imported to the U.S. market would create a million American jobs in five years.