Effect of Trump solar-panel import tariffs on clean-power growth debated

Photovoltaic solar power field at Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, TennesseeA majority of the photovoltaic solar panels used in the U.S. are imported from such countries as China, Malaysia, South Korea, Thailand, and Vietnam. Now, environmentalists and energy analysts worry that the new 30-percent tariff on solar-panel imports announced last Monday by President Donald Trump may stymie the rapidly growing clean-energy...