Titan, USW Plan Petition with ITC

Titan Tire Corp. and the United Steelworkers union may soon file a joint petition with the International Trade Commission related to off-the-road (OTR) tire imports, according to Tire Business.

Titan President and CEO Morry Taylor said the action would be filed against Chinese and Indian OTR tire importers.

“If you’re going to have manufacturing, you have to support it where it’s at,” Taylor said in Tire Business. “I believe in free trade, but when it’s a one-way street, it’s not right.”

Taylor said Titan and the USW have found evidence that some Chinese and Indian importers are trying to circumvent the duties by sending their tires to the U.S. as tire-wheel assemblies.

This is the second time Titan and the USW have teamed up on such a case. The duo succeeded in the first case, which sought anti-dumping and countervailing duties against OTR tires imported from China. S