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Biden officially vetoes resolution blocking temporary suspension of tariffs on solar panel imports

<i>Evan Vucci/AP</i><br/>President Joe Biden
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President Joe Biden

By Donald Judd

(CNN) — President Joe Biden has officially vetoed a resolution that would halt a Commerce Department rule temporarily suspending tariffs on solar panels imported from Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam โ€“ writing that passage โ€œof this resolution bets against American innovation.โ€

The resolution narrowly cleared the Senate earlier this month, with nine Democrats joining Republicans to supports its passage.

Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky voted against its passage.

โ€œIt would undermine these efforts and create deep uncertainty for American businesses and workers in the solar industry,โ€ Biden wrote in his veto announcement Tuesday, adding that while โ€œAmerica is now on track to increase domestic solar panel manufacturing capacity eight-fold by the end of my first term โ€ฆ that production will not come online overnight.โ€

Biden issued the first veto of his presidency in March on a resolution to overturn a retirement investment rule that allows managers of retirement funds to consider the impact of climate change and other environmental, social and governance factors when picking investments.

In April, Biden vetoed a resolution that would have rescinded his administrationโ€™s hallmark water rule.

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CNNโ€™s Clare Foran and Betsy Klein contributed to this report.

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