US Sets Tariffs On Solar Panels And Washing Machines; Beijing Wants Latin America To Join Belt And Road; Xi Jinping Thought As A Torch Marking A New Era; Sweden Is Mad About Gui Minhai
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The Essential Eight
1. US Sets Tariffs On Solar Panels And Washing Machines
Comment: A small step but just the beginning...glad I recently bought my solar panels and washing machine...
U.S. Sets New Trade Tariffs, Signaling New Phase in ‘America First’ Policy - WSJ $$:
“If you look at solar closely, you have a clear example of Chinese industrial policy propping up an industry, creating excess capacity in an industry, there being significant harm to the United States and globally as well,” a White House trade official told reporters. “We need to figure out how to deal with that, not just for the solar industry, but for a lot of different industries where you’re going to see the same playbook trotted out.”