That’s a good thing imo. We do this so we can build up an industry for these things at home. That’s an important long term goal, too. If the last years have shown us anything it’s that being solely dependent on another state for certain critical stuff is a bad idea. And I’d say this is especially true for China.

Edit: btw German talking here, not American.

[–] gandalf_der_12te@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

That’s a good thing imo. We do this so we can build up an industry for these things at home.

Unfortunately, most countries haven't really done much to invest into the production of solar cells in their home country in the last twenty years (Germany is a noteworthy exception), so why would they start now?

Realistically, imposing tariffs on chinese PV cells will only slow the energy transition, instead of building up domestic production.

[–] ArrogantAnalyst@infosec.pub 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Gandalf, hast du gerade auf nen 2 Monate alten Beitrag von mir geantwortet? :)

[–] gandalf_der_12te@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 4 months ago

Ja, ist ja immer noch relevant. :-)

[–] nekandro@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Do you want to know how many cars in China are from European car manufacturers?

Rebalancing trade is not some big bogeyman.

[–] ArrogantAnalyst@infosec.pub 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I don’t understand what argument you are trying to make. Can you elaborate? You mean we shouldn’t do it because there might be a counterreaction?