Wind turbine Section 232 action starts with negotiations, no new tariff yet

This proclamation adopts a Section 232 response for imports of wind turbines and their components and subcomponents. It accepts the Commerce Secretary's finding that these imports threaten to impair US national security and directs the Secretary of Commerce and the US Trade Representative to pursue or continue negotiations with foreign trading partners.

The document does not set a new duty rate or create a new tariff line in the text provided. Instead, it uses negotiations as the initial plan of action and states that alternative remedies may be considered later depending on the status or outcome of those negotiations. It also says certain wind turbine components and subcomponents are already subject to existing Section 232 tariffs on aluminum, steel, or copper, where those prior proclamations apply.

Commerce must continue monitoring imports of wind turbines and their components and subcomponents and report any circumstances that could indicate a need for further presidential action under Section 232. The proclamation requires at least one update on negotiations within 180 days of the date of the proclamation. It also states that nothing in this document modifies existing Section 232 tariffs imposed under the cited aluminum, steel, and copper proclamations.