No matter whether US President Joe Biden vetoes or not the congressional efforts to overturn his two-year tariff waiver on solar panels from four Southeast Asian nations this week, it is the United States that has paid and will continue to pay for his administration’s self-deceptive weaponization of tariffs.
近期，美國(guó)國(guó)會(huì)希望撤銷美國(guó)政府給予四個(gè)東南亞國(guó)家兩年太陽能面板關(guān)稅豁免的政策，無論拜登總統(tǒng)是否否決該法案，美國(guó)都為自欺欺人的“關(guān)稅武器化”做法付出了代價(jià)，并將繼續(xù)付出代價(jià)。

In June, Biden waived tariffs on panels from Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam in an effort to create a “bridge” while the US ramps up manufacturing enough to end its reliance on solar panels from China to achieve its climate change goals.
2022年6月，拜登總統(tǒng)宣布將對(duì)來自柬埔寨、馬來西亞、泰國(guó)和越南的太陽能組件給予24個(gè)月的進(jìn)口關(guān)稅豁免，在提升美國(guó)的制造能力以擺脫對(duì)中國(guó)太陽能電池板依賴的同時(shí)，試圖以此“過渡”，滿足國(guó)內(nèi)應(yīng)對(duì)氣候變化項(xiàng)目的需求。

More than eight months into the tariff waiver, with the four Southeast Asian countries now accounting for about 80 percent of the US’ solar panel supplies, US manufacturers are urging lawmakers to block the executive order of the president to restore the tariffs otherwise they cannot compete with the cheap panels made overseas. The legislation, in support of those calls, and which both Democrats and Republicans endorse, is expected to come up for a full vote in the House as soon as this week.
截至目前，該政策已經(jīng)實(shí)施八個(gè)多月，這四個(gè)東南亞國(guó)家占美國(guó)太陽能電池板供應(yīng)量的80%左右。為了與海外制造的廉價(jià)太陽能電池板競(jìng)爭(zhēng)，美國(guó)制造商敦促立法者恢復(fù)對(duì)這四個(gè)國(guó)家的太陽能電池板關(guān)稅，撤銷拜登的豁免令。這項(xiàng)法案得到了民主黨和共和黨的支持，預(yù)計(jì)最早將于本周在眾議院進(jìn)行全體投票。

However, the Biden administration thinks its policy has worked well and points to an increase in domestic solar manufacturing capacity since it took office, although without giving any statistics.
然而，拜登政府認(rèn)為，該政策已經(jīng)奏效，并指出自其上任以來，美國(guó)內(nèi)太陽能制造能力有所提高，雖然沒有任何統(tǒng)計(jì)數(shù)據(jù)支撐。

“This legislation would sabotage US energy security,” Ali Zaidi, Biden’s national climate adviser, told the media. “It’s not about slowing things down. It’s about fundamentally undermining our progress toward increased energy security and having the tools we need to attack the climate crisis.”
拜登的國(guó)家氣候顧問阿里·賽迪對(duì)媒體表示，“這項(xiàng)立法將破壞美國(guó)的能源安全。這將從根本上破壞我們?cè)谔岣吣茉窗踩?、擁有?yīng)對(duì)氣候危機(jī)所需工具方面的進(jìn)展。”

That means, although it has not stated it directly, the Biden administration thinks that US solar panel manufacturers are not yet competitive enough to outcompete Chinese companies, since to block that tariff waiver now means to reopen the US market to Chinese panels again after an eight-month respite.
這意味著，盡管拜登政府沒有直接說明，但他們認(rèn)為美國(guó)的太陽能電池板制造商還沒有足夠的競(jìng)爭(zhēng)力超越中國(guó)企業(yè)?，F(xiàn)在撤銷關(guān)稅豁免，意味著在八個(gè)月的喘息之后，美國(guó)市場(chǎng)將再次向中國(guó)太陽能電池板開放。

The Biden administration has also ignored a question lawmakers demand it answer: What if Chinese manufacturers relocate their production lines to the four Southeast Asian countries to take advantage of its zero-tariff policy to access the US market.
拜登政府還忽略了立法者要求其回答的問題： 如果中國(guó)制造商將其生產(chǎn)線遷移到這四個(gè)東南亞國(guó)家，以利用對(duì)該地區(qū)的關(guān)稅豁免政策進(jìn)入美國(guó)市場(chǎng)，美國(guó)該如何應(yīng)對(duì)？

Due to their unparalleled cost-performance, China’s share in all the manufacturing stages of solar panels exceeds 80 percent. It is almost impossible for the US, and other major consumers of solar panels, to shun away from Chinese equipment completely.
目前，中國(guó)在太陽能電池板全部關(guān)鍵制造部分的份額超過80%，具有無與倫比的性價(jià)比優(yōu)勢(shì)。美國(guó)和其他太陽能電池板的主要消費(fèi)者幾乎無法避免購買中國(guó)制造的設(shè)備。

What’s more, the fact that the Biden administration has been able to advance its ambitious green energy program at home is largely attributable to its zero-tariff policy for solar panels. That has been done without the energy security of the US being compromised or threatened by China.
更重要的是，拜登政府之所以能夠在國(guó)內(nèi)推進(jìn)其雄心勃勃的綠色能源計(jì)劃，主要?dú)w功于實(shí)施太陽能電池板關(guān)稅豁免政策。這是在美國(guó)的能源安全沒有受到中國(guó)的影響或威脅的情況下做到的。