EU to Hit Chinese E-bikes Imports with Tariffs

European Union flags flutter outside the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium on March 8, 2018. Yves Herman/Reuters

BRUSSELS— The European Union will impose duties starting on Jan. 19 on Chinese electric bicycles to curb cheap imports which European producers say benefit from unfair subsidies and are flooding the market.

E-bikes coming from China will be subject to tariffs of between 18.8 and 79.3 percent, a filing in the EU’s official journal said on Friday, in line with European Commission proposal on which EU countries voted in December.