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Corrik posted...

Solar Panel Manufacturers say this will allow them to compete and net more manufacturing jobs.

Solar Panel installers say it will increase price and less people will buy solar panels making less jobs for installers.

Why you are only presenting one side of the argument as fact is interesting.

That said, the people who are buying solar panels usually are not pinching pennies nor doing it for the cheapness of it. Thus, I suspect the tariffs will have a negligible effect on installer jobs.

It is not like this was not researched before Trump was advised to institute the tariff after finding out there was unfair practices in China propping up the market.

There is a 23,000 net job loss AFTER factoring in any bump that manufacturing gets.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-fact-check-solar-jobs-20180129-story.html