However, new market threats are looming. Destabilising geopolitical developments did not help the industry to recover from the post-COVID crisis. The Trump administration’s trade war sparked uncertainty among traders and consumers. It obstructed the long-term trading process and hampered price agreements between manufacturers in Asia and traders in the United States and Europe.
Other leading topics in this issue:
- How the GPSR is reshaping product safety
- Shimano bicycle components sales up 2.7%
- ‘1 million Finnish-made bicycle tyres is the goal’
- Dutch market under pressure; sales marks 40-years low
- vanRaam adopts fully integrated production
- Velofollies thrives as Belgian market rebounds
- New German standard for serial hybrid e-bikes
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