Commerce is policing a stockpiling ban ahead of the Dec. 4 Section 232 polysilicon tariffs and price floors, putting customs brokers on notice and leaving solar buyers with eight weeks to secure inventory before module costs jump as much as 40 percent. WASHINGTON, Oct. 7, 2026 Importers racing to bring solar modules and wafers into…
Commerce and Customs have capped polysilicon and solar component imports through Dec. 4 to stop buyers from front-running the Section 232 tariff and minimum import price regime, with new importers limited to 12 kilograms of polysilicon a week and brokers warned they could lose their licenses. WASHINGTON, Oct. 1, 2026. Federal trade officials have moved…
A planned 7.5 percent overcapacity layer would push combined Section 301 exposure on Chinese semiconductors to roughly 70 percent, transforming the economics of American technology supply chains just weeks before the Trump-Xi summit WASHINGTON, August 25, 2026. For American companies that buy Chinese semiconductors, solar components, or battery materials, the trade story of the week…
White House imposes 15 percent Section 232 duty and a first-of-its-kind minimum import price program on polysilicon, wafers, cells and solar modules, effective December 4 WASHINGTON, August 8, 2026 President Donald Trump has signed a proclamation imposing a 15 percent ad valorem tariff on imported polysilicon and a broad range of its derivatives, pairing the…
The White House prepares a hybrid price floor and tariff regime on the raw material behind every chip and solar panel, aiming at China’s 93.5 percent grip on global supply while U.S. solar developers brace for higher costs WASHINGTON, August 6, 2026 The Trump administration is preparing to impose a combination of minimum import prices…