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Few industries are as susceptible to the shifting sands of international policy on trade and protectionism as the automotive sector. And never more so than now with the transition to electric vehicles (EVs).

A group of anonymous solar companies will be forced to identify themselves in order for the U.S. Dept. of Commerce to consider implementing tariffs on cells and modules imported from Thailand, Malaysia, and Vietnam.

According to the Washington Post, Biden plans to impose trade tariffs on Australia unless Australia embraces a net zero carbon plan and curbs Australia's CO2 intensive energy export industry.

Michael Bastasch | Energy Editor Experts expect Mexico to respond to U.S. tariff threats, but the country’s reliance on American energy could influence how they respond. Mexico could slow-walk the U.S.-Mexico-Canada...

In Understanding the Ethanol Tariff Issue I discussed the argument that the ethanol tariff is needed in order to prevent U.S. tax dollars from subsidizing imported ethanol. Here I discuss two other issues:

You probably saw the recent announcement that Brazil has lifted its tariff on imported ethanol until 2012. It's hoping to put pressure on the U.S. to remove or reduce its own import tariffs on the alternative fuel.