U.S. tariff hikes on China's clean energy products put global energy transition at risk: expert
STORY: U.S. tariff hikes on China's clean energy products put global energy transition at risk: expert
SHOOTING TIME: April 17, 2024
DATELINE: May 20, 2024
LENGTH: 0:01:45
LOCATION: BARCELONA, Spain
CATEGORY: POLITICS/ECONOMY
SHOTLIST:
1. SOUNDBITE 1 (Catalan): JORDI SOLE, Spanish climate change expert
2. SOUNDBITE 2 (Catalan): JORDI SOLE, Spanish climate change expert
STORYLINE:
The U.S. has announced new tariffs on a variety of imports from China, including EVs, solar cells and other clean-energy products.
According to a Spanish expert, the tariff hikes have put the global transition to renewable energy at risk.
SOUNDBITE 1 (Catalan): JORDI SOLE, Spanish climate change expert
"By imposing tariffs and trying to be competitive with technologies that are already well-developed, consolidated and relatively cheap in China is risky in terms of the effects it can have on the transition to renewables.
If one country, which could be China, is ahead in this area and has the technology and capacity to supply it g
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