Canada Uses NAFTA To Fight Trump’s Solar Panel Tariffs

By Alex Lawson

Law360 (July 23, 2018, 3:25 PM EDT) — The Canadian government launched a North American Free Trade Agreement challenge to the Trump administration’s safeguard duties on solar panels Monday, asserting that the tariffs were imposed illegally.

Canada is fighting the new U.S. tariffs on imported solar panels by saying the fees violate the North American Free Trade Agreement. (AP) Following a petition from domestic producers last year complaining of an overwhelming import flood, President Donald Trump in January implemented a four-year tariff, beginning at 30 percent, on solar cells, despite a recommendation from the…