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Politics● LowOct 23 · Oct 23, 2026, 7:22 PM

Trump says wind turbine part imports cause national security issue, but doesn’t impose tariffs

GlobeAlert Desk · curated from The Hill · North America

The Trump administration has determined that imports of wind turbine parts pose a national security threat, but it does not appear to be opting to tariff them. President Trump issued a memo Thursday saying “wind turbines and their components and subcomponents are being imported into the United States under such circumstances as to threaten to…

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