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We work to foster a more favorable environment for bike businesses nationwide by fighting against harmful tariffs and taxes that place a financial burden on bike industry suppliers, retailers and consumers. Since 2018, PeopleForBikes has saved the bike industry more than $130 million in Section 301 tariffs, and we have written a proactive trade agenda for a new Congress and administration to continue supporting a healthy bike business.
March 31st, 2025
From February 24–25, PeopleForBikes convened a small group of bicycle industry leaders in Washington, D.C, to advocate for our shared federal trade priorities before Congress. Executives from United Wheels, Specialized, Trek, and Hyper Bicycles joined PeopleForBikes’ policy team for a series of meet ...
March 26th, 2025
February 18th, 2025
On February 18, the Trump administration published Federal Register notices regarding the revised Section 232 tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from all countries. The unofficial, unpublished steel and aluminum tariff notices are currently available. These notices implement the administration's ...
May 21st, 2024
UPDATE: Unfortunately, recent trade actions by the federal government leave little good trade news for the bicycle industry. On Friday, May 24, 2024, the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) announced the fate of the Section 301 tariff exclusions scheduled to expire on May 31. All exclusions are briefly ...
June 27th, 2023
From trade to consumer product regulations, federal policymakers are taking a closer look at policy options to protect the import, sale, and ownership of quality electric bicycles in the United States. As the nation’s only trade association for the bicycle industry, PeopleForBikes is committed to ad ...
December 19th, 2022
On December 16, 2022, the United States Trade Representative (USTR) announced a nine-month extension on 352 Section 301 tariffs exclusions. The exclusions were previously extended on March 23, 2022, and were scheduled to expire on December 31, 2022. The latest extensions will last through September ...