Biden’s solar plan ‘builds a bridge’ for U.S. manufacturing — but there’s more work to be done

President Biden signed an executive order on June 6 that invoked the Defense Production Act to accelerate domestic production of solar parts.

The action, taken in conjunction with a two-year pause on additional solar tariffs from 4 southeast Asian countries, signaled the administration’s public commitment to reduce U.S. reliance on foreign imports in a market dominated by the Chinese.

“What the president’s plan does is it keeps the jobs that we already have in the U.S., in U.S. manufacturing…