On Sept. 26, 2009, a 35% tariff was added to the cost of a consumer tire imported from China. What has happened since then?

The best phrase I can use to describe the 2009 Specialty Equipment Market Association, or SEMA, Show in Las Vegas is that it "exceeded expectations."

Web Dateline April 20, 2011 (Washington, D.C.): President Barack Obama attended ceremonies at the Capitol today celebrating the one-year anniversary of the passing of the National Health Care Act of 2010.

Now we wait. United States Trade Representative Ron Kirk has given President Barack Obama his office’s recommendations on the Chinese tire import case. The president has until Sept. 17 to make a final ruling.

How will additional tariffs on consumer tires imported from China affect tire dealers in the United States? Let's see if we can figure it out.

The United Steelworkers believe that Chinese imports are out of countrol. That is why the USW (which technically stands for the United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union) filed a petition with the United States International Trade Commission asking for relief.