Adjusting Imports of Wind Turbines and Their Parts and Components Into the United States

Proclamation 11074 of October 22, 2026 Adjusting Imports of Wind Turbines and Their Parts and Components Into the United States A Proclamation 1. Within the past 90 days, the Secretary of Commerce (Secretary) transmitted to me a report on his investigation into the effects of imports of wind turbines and their parts and components on the national security of the United States under section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1862 (section 232). Based on the facts considered in that investigation, and taking into account the close relation of the economic welfare of the Nation to our national security and other relevant factors, see section 232(d) ( 19 U.S.C. 1862(d) ), the Secretary found and advised me of his opinion that wind turbines and their components and subcomponents are being imported into the United States under such circumstances as to threaten to impair the national security of the United States and provided me recommendations for action under section 232 to adjust the imports of wind turbines and their components and subcomponents so that such imports will not threaten to impair the national security of the United States. 2. Among other things, the Secretary found that wind energy is an unreliable and intermittent energy source and that the use of wind energy diverts the United States electrical grid from more reliable energy sources. The Secretary also found that products used to generate and use wind energy pose serious national security concerns, including by relying on foreign parts that contain cybersecurity vulnerabilities that could lead to remote control access to wind turbines and cause power disruption; undermining the United States' electrical grid, and potentially causing disruptions to critical infrastructure; interfering with national airspace and air safety; and causing radar interference that can affect air traffic control, weather forecasting, homeland security, and national defense missions. And the Secretary …