Posted on 01/24/2018 9:54:05 AM PST by SoFloFreeper
...Al Gore did something he, admittedly, rarely does and defended a recent Trump administration decision to impose tariffs on solar cells and modules.
“I don’t typically defend him,” Gore said during a panel discussion at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
President Donald Trump announced on Monday a 30 percent tariff on imported cells and modules used to make solar panels that would decrease over time. The solar industry largely opposed the move...
.... the White House approved tariffs lower than the 35 percent tariff recommended by the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) in 2017. The ITC took up the tariff issue based on complaints filed by two solar panel manufacturers, Suniva and SolarWorld.
The now bankrupt Sunia is Chinese-owned and SolarWorld is German-owned, though both have manufacturing operations in the U.S. and have been complaining for years about cheap Chinese solar imports....
While Gore did not agree with the tariffs, he did admit that generous Chinese solar panel subsidies have forced U.S. business to go under.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailycaller.com ...
Trump is the best, man. Even gets the Global Warming High Priest to go to bat for him.
Al Gore is hanging out with all the rich folks in Davos?? Who knew.
Al Gore, that pillar of intellect.
Rich globalists and environuts
translation: Gore has money invested in American solar panel companies.
And what is Al Gore doing at Davos?
Same thing as every year....cutting deals to make himself richer.
Bingo!
Gore’s trying to steal some of Trump’s thunder... that’s all that happening here.
I guess Gore wants to get into t.he US solar power business. This guy is quite the con man.
U.S. taxpayer-subsidized businesses...
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