Tires will be going up very soon. As soon as the 1st shipments from china start showing up with the new tariffs attached. The other tire companies will follow suit regardless of where they are manufactured. If the Chinese stuff goes up, the major manufacturers like Michelin, Continental, Bridgestone, cooper etc are going to keep the same price gap between them and the china stuff. They feel they are worth 25-30% more and they are going to collect it. In a lot of cases, it will cause sales for the cheap china stuff to increase because the Major brand stuff ends up out of reach for those that were on the bubble before the increase. I wish there were another way to stick it to the importers. The end consumer will feel the tariffs.
Most major American brand name tires are made in other countries. Firestone has a big one in Either Nigeria or Liberia. I can't remember which east African country exactly but its their major producer. Brazil and through central America are many US tire manufacturers. Started with the Rubber industry you know.
