The only thing worse, in policy terms, than Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs on countries across the world, are the constant US policy flip-flops, senior wind industry figures have said.

As Trump began to impose tariffs on US imports; many countries, including China, responded in force with their own tariffs, sparking fears of a global trade war.

Although the US president has since relented on high tariffs for some countries, the world remains on high alert for yet another US policy reversal creating a climate of uncertainty which has knocked the confidence of the wind industry to invest.

Ian Griggs, editor of Windpower Monthly, was at last month’s Wind Europe conference in Copenhagen as the tariffs began to bite and he took the opportunity to speak to delegates from DNV, Statkraft, Modvion and Hitachi about what they might mean for the wind industry.

They said the constant policy reversals were potentially even more harmful than the tariffs themselves but that this was tempered by some silver linings too.

This episode was produced by Inga Marsden.

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