American Coalition for Free Trade in Tires
Jim Mayfield, President of Del-Nat Tire Corporation
The American Coalition for Free Trade in Tires is an association of independent tire dealers and distributors. The following is excerpted from an August 7, 2009, statement by Jim Mayfield before a hearing of the Trade Policy Staff Committee of the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative on the matter of "Certain Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck Tires From China."This is a matter of great importance to my company and many others like us across the U.S. Del-Nat was founded in 1989 when the Delta Tire brand and the National Tire brand came together to form one company. We are…