It doesn’t make sense: why US tariffs on Chinese cleantech risk the green transition | Jeffrey Frankel

Global demand for renewable energy is surging so why make solar panels, wind turbines and EVs dearer for western consumers?With historic heatwaves sweeping across the US and other parts of the northern hemisphere, June is expected to be the 13th consecutive month of record-breaking global temperatures. The primary cause, of course, is the enormous amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Despite the existential threat posed by rising atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases, emissions