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US targets China's solar dominance with 50% tariffs on solar wafers and polysilicon — tungsten products will see a 25% increase

www.tomshardware.com US targets China's solar dominance with 50% tariffs on solar wafers and polysilicon — tungsten products will see a 25% increase

The decision follows tariff increases finalized by the Biden administration in September, targeting key Chinese product categories.

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US targets China's solar dominance with 50% tariffs on solar wafers and polysilicon — tungsten products will see a 25% increase

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I’m sure that’s a much more effective than trying to build up US companies to make solar panels.
- Both are happening at the same time. A new plant for domestic wafer production is coming online in parallel to this.
  
  Where are they getting the material for wafers? Seems like 1 step forward and 3 steps backwards.
  
  How is domestic silicon manufacturing in any way a "step back"?
  
  Where is the sources for the material coming from? I don’t think most people realize that “domestic manufacturing” includes imported materials majority of the time which is getting tariffed.
  
  Where is the sources for the material coming from? I don’t think most people realize that “domestic manufacturing” includes imported materials majority of the time which is getting tariffed.
  The USA does produce polysilicon domestically, which is the main raw material in wafers and ignots. Since the plant isn't operational yet there is no report of where they are getting their polysilicon.
- build up US companies to make solar panels.
  One would expect it to have that effect. If X is more expensive to obtain abroad, then you'll tend to have more domestic capacity being developed -- as long as it's believed that the tariffs aren't going to go away in the near future, since otherwise, anyone investing in solar manufacturing capacity stands to lose their investment.
  
  Except this move is likely less about promoting domestic solar production and more about protecting oil, gas, and coal by making green energy alternatives more expensive.
  
  Exactly, if that was the only way to produce electricity maybe there is an argument that tariffs will stimulate domestic production, but in this case i think this will just hinder the transition to renewable energy sources.
  
  Your second part is why I've been saying we won't be building factories.
  
  We are building the refinery in Tennessee, and the Quary is in Canada. 1 company is Sonova Global.
  So naturally the Tariffs against Canada will be us making our local refinery pay more to import materials from their own company's query across the border
  
  FYI, it's spelled quarry. That is all.
  
  Haha, I spelled it wrong twice, talented
- They are, see this comment: https://sopuli.xyz/post/20118076/13518676

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