Trump’s import tariffs will make U.S. wind power more expensive

Jim Efstathiou Jr.

10/02/2018

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S tariffs are expected to increase the cost of wind energy in the United States. / COURTESY DEEPWATER WIND — PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S tariffs on metals are expected to increase the cost of wind energy in the United States. / COURTESY DEEPWATER WIND

NEW YORK - President Donald Trump’s trade war won’t wreck the United States wind industry, but it will raise the cost of power. Tariffs on $250 billion of Chinese imports, as well as on metals from Europe and elsewhere, could raise the cost of wind power in the U.S. by as much as 10 percent,…

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