Your Next Bike Will Probably Cost More
- Domestic producers say duties on China bicycles don’t do much
- Cambodia could be surprise beneficiary of U.S. protectionism
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As the U.S. industry braces for the Trump administration’s proposed tariffs on Chinese-made bicycles and parts, neither U.S. producers nor retailers are happy with them.
On the surface, a 10 percent duty on competing products from China would seem helpful for a company like Detroit Bikes, one of the few made-in-America brands left in an industry that has largely moved to Asia. But for Zak Pashak, the owner of the company that produces up to 150 customized bikes a day in its namesake city, the tariff is too low to make a difference.