President Biden’s Anti-Dumping and Countervailing Duties (AD-CVD) tariff moratorium is due to end on June 6th 2024. From that point on, around half of imports of cells and modules from South-East Asia will be obstructed by punitive tariffs, treating the products as essentially Chinese. Republican-led efforts to overturn the President’s moratorium failed last year, allowing it to run for the full two-year duration. Whenever a tariff looms, imports surge in the lead-up. In 2024, 50 GW of solar modules will be imported by the US, according to a recent publication by the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC), around 50% higher than the 30 GW installed in 2023. The USITC publication in question is a 408-page investigation report into the effectiveness…