{"id":175613,"date":"2022-05-16T23:37:54","date_gmt":"2022-05-16T21:37:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/electrek.co\/?p=238101"},"modified":"2023-08-28T18:34:24","modified_gmt":"2023-08-28T18:34:24","slug":"us-solar-is-under-threat-from-a-doc-inquiry-but-the-commerce-secretary-wont-step-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.evearly.news\/en\/us-solar-is-under-threat-from-a-doc-inquiry-but-the-commerce-secretary-wont-step-in\/","title":{"rendered":"US solar is under threat from a DOC inquiry, but the commerce secretary won\u2019t step in"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/news.evearly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/us-solar-is-under-threat-from-a-doc-inquiry-but-the-commerce-secretary-wont-step-in.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nA US Department of Commerce (DOC) probe \u2014 investigating whether Southeast Asian solar cell manufacturers are using parts made in China that would normally be subject to a tariff \u2014 is destabilizing the US solar industry, which relies on solar module imports to meet growing demand. Bipartisan lawmakers wanted answers from US Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo at a hearing last week, but she basically responded that the inquiry is beyond her control. <a href=\"https:\/\/electrek.co\/2022\/05\/16\/us-solar-is-under-threat-from-a-doc-inquiry-but-the-commerce-secretary-wont-step-in\/\" target='bwindow' rel=\"noopener\">More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230; <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.evearly.news\/en\/us-solar-is-under-threat-from-a-doc-inquiry-but-the-commerce-secretary-wont-step-in\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-175613","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-electrek"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.evearly.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175613","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.evearly.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.evearly.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.evearly.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.evearly.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=175613"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.evearly.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175613\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":257000,"href":"https:\/\/www.evearly.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175613\/revisions\/257000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.evearly.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=175613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.evearly.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=175613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.evearly.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=175613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}