BETHESDA, Md. — South Carolina Congressman Jeff Duncan has become the 50th member of the bi-partisan Congressional Auto Care Caucus.

SINGAPORE — Natural rubber supplier Halcyon Agri Corp. Ltd. and World Wildlife Fund (WWF) are joining hands to set up a "rubber trust fund" to help enhance the sustainability of natural rubber.

WASHINGTON — The clock is ticking. The U.S. International Trade Commission has until June 29 to reach a preliminary determination on whether the U.S. should impose elevated import duties on passenger and light truck tires from South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam, as sought by the United Steelworkers union.

PITTSBURGH — The United Steelworkers has filed anti-dumping and countervailing duty petitions on what it's calling "dumped and subsidized" passenger and light truck tires from South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Automotive Service Association opposes the idea of another "cash for clunkers" program, an idea that federal legislators are considering for possible inclusion in a COVID-19 stimulus package.

WASHINGTON — A coalition of over 275 industry trade groups is urging congressional leaders to provide "limited and rational safe harbors" for businesses to protect them from coronavirus-related lawsuits.

BETHESDA, Md. — Americans for Free Trade, a coalition of hundreds of businesses and trade associations, is urging the Trump Administration to delay collecting import duties and fees for March through June in order to "free up billions of dollars of working capital for American companies."

CUYAHOGA FALLS, Ohio — Phones are ringing, emails are filling inboxes and websites are being constantly updated. Amid the pandemic, trade associations are being put to the test of how relevant — and necessary — they are in the tire and automotive business world.