Sen Hawley wants Biden to hike tariffs on Chinese energy imports

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FIRST ON FOX: Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., wants President Biden to increase tariffs on any imported energy components from China, a week after he introduced another bill that would hike tariffs on Chinese electric vehicle imports.

"President Biden’s climate agenda undermines U.S. energy independence and will make us more reliant on China," Hawley told Fox News Digital in a statement. "We can’t afford energy policies that enrich our greatest adversary at the expense of American workers here at home. It’s time to declare our energy independence from China—and we can start by raising tariffs on China's green energy sector."

Tariffs are taxes or duties imposed by a government on imported or exported goods.

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Hawley will introduce a new bill on Tuesday called the Declaring Our Energy Independence from China Act. It would require the president to apply additional tariffs on all battery components, solar energy components and wind energy components imported from China at a 25% rate.

The president could increase the rate by 5% annually for the next five years, peaking at 50%, according to the bill.

Since former President Trump's term, the average U.S. tariffs on Chinese imports remain at approximately 19.3%, according to