Kaptur, Ryan, Brown, Portman Statement Following Administration's Exclusion of Bifacial Solar Panels from 201 Tariff Extensions

Press Release

Today, Representatives Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) and Tim Ryan (OH-13), and Senators Sherrod Brown (OH) and Rob Portman (OH), released the following statement on the news of the Biden-Harris administration's exclusion of bifacial solar panels from 201 tariffs.

"This is a disappointing, misguided decision. The administration is missing the best opportunity in a generation to ensure the United States leads the way in manufacturing solar supply chain components. Excluding bifacial modules from the solar tariffs undermines American workers and manufacturers at a moment when domestic solar production is poised to dramatically expand."

Roughly 80 percent of solar panels are made in China. The Chinese government has a long history of heavily subsidizing its solar enterprises and dumping solar panels made with exploited workers into other markets in order to gain market share. These kinds of products should not enter the United States duty free.