The US ratified sharp increases in tariffs on Chinese products Friday, including a 100% duty on electric vehicles, in ongoing efforts to protect a domestic industries from cheap Chinese goods.

The U.S. government on Friday officially cleared tariff increases on billions of dollars of Chinese goods, adding that they would go into effect on or after September 27. The office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) made a final determination on the proposed increases targeting some $18B of Chinese imports that were announced by U.