Tag: Tariffs

WASHINGTON DC (3/5/25) – President Trump’s tariffs on Canada and Mexico went into effect yesterday, with a 25% tariff on most goods and a 10% tariff on Canadian energy imports, including crude oil and electricity. Canadian and Mexican officials have both signaled plans to respond with retaliatory tariffs of their own. Tom Pyle, President of the American Energy Alliance, issued […]

BYD, China’s largest EV auto maker, which recently surpassed Tesla as the world’s biggest seller of electric vehicles, is reviewing potential locations for a plant in Mexico that would allow it to bring its low-cost electric vehicles into the United States. Mexico offers close proximity to U.S. markets, relatively low labor costs and the opportunity to take […]

WASHINGTON DC (01/18/2024) – In advance of today’s Senate Environment & Public Works Committee markup of S. 1863, the PROVE IT Act of 2023, a coalition of more than 40 organizations sent a letter urging Congress to reject the legislation. The PROVE IT Act directs the U.S. Department of Energy to set up the necessary […]

According to The New York Times, President Biden is imposing a tariff of between 14 percent and 15 percent for the next four years on imported crystalline silicon solar products, but his administration at the same time doubled the amount of solar cells that can come into the country without facing tariffs to 5 gigawatts and exempted bifacial […]

23 free-market organizations send letter to President Trump cautioning that oil tariffs would spark global retaliation, damage domestic industries and raise prices for American families. WASHINGTON DC (May 20, 2020) – Today, a coalition of twenty-three free market, small business, and consumer groups joined the American Energy Alliance (AEA) in cautioning President Trump from enacting […]