Biden’s tariff holiday could leave China footing a massive bill in payback push

This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. ©2026 FOX News Network, LLC. All rights reserved. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Market data provided by Factset. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Legal Statement. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by LSEG. Ohio’s Republican senators are demanding that the Department of Homeland Security take action after a Biden-era tariff pause that benefited some Chinese companies was declared unlawful. FIRST ON FOX: Ohio’s two Republican senators say that Chinese companies avoided paying billions of dollars in taxes through a Biden-era tariff pause that has since been declared unlawful. Now, they’re demanding that the Department of Homeland Security send the bill to China. In 2022, the Biden administration issued a temporary pause on tariffs for solar panels originating in Southeast Asia, many of which contained components manufactured by Chinese corporations. The United States Court of International Trade in August 2025 found the law used by the Biden administration to initiate the pause could not be applied to solar panels, making it unlawful. CHAD WOLF: AMERICA C