On 7/18/2018 4:20 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On 7/18/2018 3:27 PM, Tosspot wrote:
On 2018-07-18 20:04, Emanuel Berg wrote:
The EU will impose duties (27.5-83.6%) on
electric bikes from China, starting Thursday.

https://www.svt.se/svttext/tv/pages/133.html

For those not familiar with Scandawegian

https://www.ft.com/content/c27c4aa6-...e-8771d5404543


Looks like a paywall.


US increased duties on those last week (2 weeks ago?) and
both rates have been covered in general business news,
besides cycling specific organs.

These actions were not unprovoked
https://money.cnn.com/2017/10/02/tec...ope/index.html

The Powers That Be in China (Winnie the Pooh) see electric
bicycles as gateway technology to batteries, controllers,
motors etc for cars & trucks, part of 'Made in China 2025'.

http://www.latimes.com/world/asia/la...424-story.html

Not only electric bicycles of course, hence:
https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/...riffs-on-china

One might dislike fat, loud people with odd hair, but he
does have a point.


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