US President-elect Donald Trump’s “America First” policy, which involves imposing significant tariffs on imported goods, may result in increased costs and slow the advancement of US clean technology projects.
The proposed plans could inflate costs by tens of billions of dollars, ultimately burdening American companies and consumers with higher bills for batteries, electric vehicles, and the metals required for solar farms, geothermal plants, nuclear facilities, transmission lines, and other infrastructure.
Three potential areas where prices of supplies and merchandise crucial to the energy transition’s viability may increase are: .
In the final week of proceedings, the US Department of Justice released its proposals for potential remedies in its ongoing antitrust lawsuit against Google. While few expected the Department of Justice (DOJ) to take a bold stance against Google, the remedies it proposed could have far-reaching consequences, potentially even threatening the tech giant’s very existence if implemented as is.
Subsequently, Google will submit its own set of recommendations to the court. Lastly, Amit Mehta, the presiding judge in the case, must now decide which treatment, if any, to implement. ?
