U.S. Senator Joe Manchin on Wednesday threw his support behind a legislative effort to repeal President Joe Biden's suspension of tariffs on solar panel imports from four Southeast Asian nations that are the industry's primary suppliers.
He is the first Democrat to co-sponsor a resolution introduced by Senator Rick Scott, a Republican, in February. The effort would need a two-thirds majority in the Senate to overturn a presidential veto, and Democrats have just a narrow majority.The effort to restore tariffs on companies in Malaysia, Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam is aimed at supporting domestic solar manufacturers that have struggled to compete with cheap panels made overseas.
Manchin said the United States was too reliant on nations like China for its energy needs and failing to enforce trade laws undermined new laws that seek to boost domestic supply chains.
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