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You can't prove they are bad tires just because of the country of origin. Have a cell phone or a wide screen. Might be made "over there".....
Of course I'm not so naive to think they're bad tires just because of the name. They looked decent. The tread pattern was not for me-- too A/T aggressive, like the first gen Yoko Geolandars on steroids. Almost like they're trying too hard.
The point is, these foreign companies are getting into the game big time. Building their own factories in China, Vietnam, Indonesia, wherever they can make the most money. Traditional tire companies, many American, others not, will continue to lose market share.
The old wisdom that you can design a tire in X location and build it in Y where the labor is cheap is fundamentally flawed when a company can build headquarters and manufacture both @ Y location where all business aspects are cheap and simply export. They can do that because most Americans nowadays don't care if their sidewall says Linglong or Continental or Goodyear.
Think of that the next time Donald Trump or the Democrats, republicans or whoever proposes the next version of TransPacific Partnership.