US EditionHow exposed is the UK to Trump's tariff chaos?
- The Trump administration announced new tariffs, raising rates on e-bikes and scooters from China to 150%, causing significant price increases and uncertainty in the micromobility industry.
- The tariff chaos has created panic within the micromobility industry, with companies unable to absorb the sudden cost increases and uncertainty looming over future pricing.
- Import-Dependent companies are struggling to cope with the rapid tariff changes while demand for e-bikes continues to rise, highlighting the need for stable trade policies.
- Manufacturers like Electric Bicycle Company cannot meet demand due to tariffs making operations more expensive, while others, like Lectric Ebikes, have relocated to avoid higher tariffs.
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caithness-business.co.ukDonald Trump's revealed trade strategy looks bad news for the UK
Donald Trump's revealed trade strategy looks bad news for the UK melissa.ittoo Fri, 11/04/2025 - 13:38 The UK may have to pay quite a high price for any deal – and not get that much out of it. 4 Comment Jill Rutter Institute for Government Yes President Trump speaks during an event to announce new tariffs in the Rose Garden at the White House on 2 April. On 9 April, the president announced that some of these new tariffs would be paused for 90 d…
The Sun
The Irish SunBrits count cost of Trump’s global trade chaos as UK loses tariff edge over EU
YESTERDAY’S fresh market slump on Wall Street reflects a realisation that — compared with the start of last week — the global economy is in a much more perilous state. Yes, Donald Trump backed away from a full-blown trade war when he chose to pause the most punitive tariffs on all countries, bar China, for 90 days. President Trump lowered tariff rates for almost all other countries except for ChinaGetty PAThe global chaos could see Prime Minis…
Anyone other than Trump would have to resign.
The truth is that, in these days, tens of millions of Americans have seen their actions – on which their spending depends in the absence of other forms of investment – lose value in an important way, without prospects that those falls can recover on a foreseeable horizon that no one breathes calmly.The global economic and political crisis that Donald Trump has unleashed has only covered his first chapter with the humiliating withdrawal of the US…
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