Tariffs Bring Solar Panel Jobs to the Buckeye State
Should we care that trade is globally inefficient when we impose tariffs on foreign imports if such tariffs allow us to increase production of the import competing products domestically and create additional jobs in the process? Now I have addressed this issue somewhat in at least two or three prior articles, but I want to look at an application that is very much close to home. Recently First Solar, an American firm that manufactures rigid thin film modules or solar panels an