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Cheese and Bourbon May Face Backlash From U.S. Solar Tariff
- WTO allows retaliatory duties targeting specific products
- U.S. lost at WTO every time this trade law was challenged
Wisconsin cheese manufacture.
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If President Donald Trump imposes tariffs on solar panels, Wisconsin cheese and Kentucky whiskey may pay the price.
U.S. duties on imported solar equipment would almost certainly prompt challenges from China, South Korea and other nations at the World Trade Organization, trade lawyers say. That would open the door for retaliatory tariffs.