On November 10, U.S. trade officials announced that a group of domestic photovoltaic companies in the United States requested tariffs on photovoltaic modules imported from three South Asian countries, and the U.S. Department of Commerce rejected this application. This rejection is a victory for the American Solar Energy Association, which believes that tariffs will weaken the photovoltaic industry, which is critical to achieving the Biden government’s goals of promoting clean energy and combating climate change.

In fact, since August 16th, the US solar energy manufacturer has submitted an application to the US Department of Commerce, requesting that upstream components produced by specific manufacturers, using silicon wafers produced in China, be assembled in Vietnam, Thailand, and Malaysia and exported to the United States. After silicon photovoltaic cells and modules initiated anti-circumvention investigations, they caused considerable controversy among the relevant parties in the country.

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimundo once "refuted" the "credibility" of the unnamed tariff petitioner, saying that SEIA is launching a fight against the tariff request to protect 10,000 solar companies and 231,000 solar workers in the United States Not affected by the "money benefits" behind the petition.

The US Solar Energy Industry Association (SEIA) has also issued a warning that tariffs on solar panels imported from three Asian countries will damage nearly 30% of the US solar power generation capacity that is expected to be installed in the next two years.

According to research company Panjiva, according to the latest analysis of S&P Global Markets Financial Intelligence, the import volume of solar panels in the United States fell sharply in the third quarter, with a decline of 27%, the largest single-quarter decline since 2018. Many people in the industry blame this situation on the recommendation of an anonymous manufacturer’s group to increase tariffs. The uncertainty of tariffs has hindered the progress of the project, because once the tariffs are implemented, they can be traced back to completed sales.