On May $3,2023,$ The Wall Street Journal posted the following article:

Lawmakers who want to overturn the tariff exemption say the White House's stance harms

U$.$S$.$ solar manufacturers while benefiting their Chinese competitors...

"This vote represents a simple choice," said Sen. Sherrod Brown, an Ohio Democrat who

voted to overturn the exemption. $"$Do you stand with American manufacturers and American

workers or stand with China?"...

"Nick lacovella, a spokesman for the Coalition for a Prosperous America, which represents

manufacturers, said the administration's exemption undercuts the goal of last year's Inflation

Reduction Act, which offered incentives for domestic solar manufacturers."

Which of the following best describes the goal of a tariff on imported solar panels?

to help all American workers

to increase American solar panel producer surplus

to decrease Chinese solar panel producer surplus

to increase total surplus