FRANKFURT, June 12 (Reuters) - Mercedes Benz has taken note of the European Commission's provisional imposition of tariffs of up to 38.1% on imported Chinese electric vehicles, the German carmaker said on Wednesday, adding fair and free global trade was essential.

"As an exporting nation, what we do not need are increasing barriers to trade. We should work on dismantling trade barriers in the spirit of the World Trade Organisation," CEO Ola Kaellenius said in a statement. (Reporting by Ilona Wissenbach Writing by Madeline Chambers, Editing by Andrey Sychev)