Some U.S. solar panel makers are pro tariffs on Chinese-made materials. Others say the industry can’t meet demand without imported products.

We talked with Jay Shambaugh of the Treasury Department, leader of the most recent U.S.-China Economic Working Group meeting.

Lindsay Owens of the Groundwork Collaborative points to relief from junk fees and medical debt as well as policy fights around taxes.

Companies have made big investments in response to those policies. That’s not easy to roll back, says Heather Long of The Washington Post.

The European Union relies heavily on China for technologies and products needed for the clean energy transition.

Adam Posen agrees with the goals of boosting green energy and keeping China at bay. But he says protectionism won’t achieve them.

The U.S. is in a quiet race driven by national and economic security to reestablish a domestic supply chain for rare earth elements.

China is generous to its favored companies, and that has, at times, threatened industries elsewhere in the world.

Professor Mark Blyth said Trump has some of the same problems with capitalism as Marxists did back in the '70s.