The tyre [markets] they are a changin’

With news of the European investigation into Chinese-produced car and light truck tyres, Goodyear’s sale of its Chemical business, tariffs, the publication of our latest tyre retail ranking – and did I mention tariffs? – May was a pretty eventful month. At the same time, we learnt the sad news of industry stalwart Sir Tom Farmer’s passing. From the end of a personal era, to the initiation of new chapter in global trade, what these differing events say together is: the times are changing.