Trump says solar tariff will create ‘a lot of jobs.’ But it could wipe out many more.

The following article by Salvador Rizzo was posted on the Washington Post website January 29, 2018:

President Trump imposed tariffs on imported residential washing machines and solar powered products on Jan. 23. (The Washington Post)

“We’ll be making solar products now much more so in the United States. Our companies have been decimated, and those companies are going to be coming back strong. … A lot of workers; a lot of jobs.”
— President Trump, discussing a new tariff on solar-cell imports in remarks at the White House, Jan. 23, 2018

Trump says a tariff on solar-energy cells and panels will create jobs and revive a U.S. manufacturing sector that has been decimated by imports. Continue reading “Trump says solar tariff will create ‘a lot of jobs.’ But it could wipe out many more.”