{"id":2588079,"date":"2026-04-07T14:05:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T18:05:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-drops-most-metal-tariffs-for-bikes-e-bikes-and-frames\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T14:08:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T18:08:27","slug":"trump-drops-most-metal-tariffs-for-bikes-e-bikes-and-frames","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-drops-most-metal-tariffs-for-bikes-e-bikes-and-frames\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump drops most metal tariffs for bikes, e-bikes, and frames"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-drops-most-metal-tariffs-for-bikes-e-bikes-and-frames%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2588079&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Trump governance has backed off plans to extend steel and aluminum tariffs to bicycles,including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/three-ways-the-democrats-stick-up-for-the-wealthy-at-the-expense-of-the-middle-class\/\" title=\"Three Ways The Democrats Stick Up For The Wealthy \u2014 At The Expense Of The Middle Class\">e-bikes<\/a> and bicycle frames. After <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >initially adding e-bikes<\/a> to the tariff list in August 2025 and then targeting bicycles and frames in October 2025, a proclamation issued on April 2, 2026 kept bikes and frames off the tariff lists. The move followed a lobbying push by PeopleForBikes, with more then 1,300 individuals opposing the tariffs, and meetings with officials from the Commerce Department and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative. Jenn Dice, CEO of PeopleForBikes, described the outcome as a industry-wide victory.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the exemption for bikes, some bicycle components, such as chains, remain subject to the metals tariffs, and the majority of the U.S. e-bike market-over 80%-is produced in China and remains subject to the baseline 10-15% Section 301 tariffs on Chinese goods. Officials did not publicly elaborate on the motivations behind the decision.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump quietly drops steel and aluminum tariffs for bikes, e-bikes, and frames<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2548142\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>EXCLUSIVE &mdash;&nbsp;<\/strong>The Trump administration has quietly backed off from President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4513285\/trump-iran-war-weeks-stone-ages\/\">Donald Trump&rsquo;s<\/a> threat to impose 50% steel and aluminum <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/op-eds\/4513763\/trump-liberation-day-tariffs-america-other-tax-problem\/\">tariffs<\/a> on imported bicycles, e-bikes, and bicycle frames.<\/p>\n<p>In August 2025, the administration added e-bikes to the list of products covered by Trump&rsquo;s steel tariffs. In October 2025, bicycles and frames were included in a list of products the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/commerce-department\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"3764\">Commerce Department<\/a> wanted targeted by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-taking-regeneron-drug-remdesivir-therapy-for-coronavirus-diagnosis-ex-wh-doctor-explains\/\" title=\"Trump taking Regeneron drug, Remdesivir therapy for coronavirus diagnosis: ex-WH doctor explains\">president&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s steel and aluminum tariffs.<\/p>\n<p>However, the Trump administration rolled back both those moves last week. Trump signed a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/2026\/04\/strengthening-actions-taken-to-adjust-imports-of-aluminum-steel-and-copper-into-the-united-states\/\">proclamation<\/a> on April 2 specifying which products would be <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Metals-ANNEXES-I-A-I-B-II-III-IV.pdf\">subject to the tariffs<\/a> &mdash; bikes and frames were all kept off those lists.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The decision follows a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nevada-oks-bill-in-try-for-1st-presidential-nominating-state\/\" title=\"Nevada OKs Bill in Try for 1st Presidential Nominating State\">lobbying campaign led<\/a> by PeopleForBikes, an American bicycle industry trade association. PeopleForBikes also organized a public advocacy campaign, which resulted in more than 1,300 individuals voicing opposition to the tariffs last year.<\/p>\n<p>PeopleForBikes CEO and President Jenn Dice confirmed that, following meetings with officials from the Commerce Department and the Office of the United States Trade Representative, e-bikes had also been removed from the list of products targeted by steel and aluminum tariffs.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is a clear example of what happens when our industry shows up together,&rdquo; she said in a statement. &ldquo;We&rsquo;re incredibly grateful to the manufacturers, suppliers, retailers, and riders who stepped up and made their voices heard.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We also want to recognize the hundreds of companies and leaders who took action, writing<br \/>letters, submitting comments, and sharing their stories,&rdquo; Dice continued. &ldquo;This win belongs to the entire industry.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4518036\/trump-iran-complete-demolition-tuesday-deadline-deal\/\"><strong>TRUMP WARNS IRAN OF &lsquo;COMPLETE DEMOLITION&rsquo; AHEAD OF TUESDAY DEADLINE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>White House, Commerce Department, and USTR officials declined to comment on what specifically motivated their decision to back off the tariffs for bicycles, e-bikes, and frames.<\/p>\n<p>Still, bikes aren&rsquo;t totally exempt from Trump&rsquo;s tariff schedule. Some component bicycle parts, including bicycle chains, remain subject to the president&rsquo;s metals tariffs. Meanwhile, more than 80% of the U.S. e-bike market is currently manufactured in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/china\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"232\">China<\/a>. Those products and their components are still subject to the baseline 10%-15% Section 301 tariffs on the importation of all Chinese goods.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bikes, frames and e-bikes spared from steel tariffs<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2645,"featured_media":2588080,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/AP26096704499746.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[12377,77334,18949,50406,3634],"class_list":["post-2588079","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-bikes","tag-e-bikes","tag-frames","tag-tariffs-2","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/AP26096704499746.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2588079","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2645"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2588079"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2588079\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2588083,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2588079\/revisions\/2588083"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2588080"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2588079"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2588079"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2588079"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}