American customs tasks are now looking at wind turbines. In the United States, the government of US President Donald Trump, climate and fierce detractor of wind turbines, launched an investigation into imports to the US territory of the components of this renewable energy, without closing the door to the possible taxes of customs tasks.
Started on August 13, 2025 by the Secretary of Commerce, but carried out on Thursday, this procedure is carried out within the framework of section 232, which allows the United States government to protect an activity sector for customs rights if there is a risk of national security. The “wind turbine imports and their pieces and components are worried,” said this document.
During this procedure, the administration will seek more information on the production of wind turbines in the United States, the concentration of imports of a “small number of suppliers or foreign countries and associated risks.” It also seeks to determine if “additional measures, including customs tasks or quotas, are necessary to protect national security.”
This announcement comes at a time when the administration of the Republican President, a singer of “America first”, negotiates trade agreements by imposing customs duties, as with the European Union.
Revert in climate struggle
Donald Trump has never made mysterious wind turbines. “The stupid and ugly wind turbines are killing New Jersey,” he said, for example, on Tuesday, on his social social platform.
Since his return to power, the US president has reversed in terms of combating climate change, especially by leaving the world power of Paris climate agreement again and unraveling the environmental measures of his democratic predecessor.
The Trade Department has 270 days to carry out its research on wind turbines, which can integrate the consultation of other government branches and audiences. Then you must present your recommendations to the US president who may or may not establish customs duties. Taxes imposed on steel and aluminum, as well as the procedures launched for possible customs duties for semiconductors, solar panels, drones and pharmaceutical products, are also in section 232.
Source: BFM TV
