This judicial drama dealt a blow to the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), which initially celebrated a triumph against the expansion. The SEIA contended that the Trade Act constrained modifications to tariffs’ reduction, but the appeals court, brimming with legal theatrics, rejected this notion.
Biden Admin Wins Reversal On Solar Safeguard Expansion: Upholding Trump’s Tariff Tango
In a climax that echoed throughout the courtroom, the panel definitively stated that President Donald Trump’s expansion of solar safeguard tariffs in October 2020 did not constitute any “significant procedural violation” of the Trade Act.