Tyre giant snubs Ford over 'defects' row

Bridgestone/Firestone has said it will no longer sell tyres to Ford in America because the car maker tried to blame the firm for thousands of accidents.

The decision will pit Bridgestone against Ford in Ford’s proposed recall of an additional 10 million Firestone tyres - a move Bridgestone opposes, president Shigeo Watanabe said at the company’s headquarters in Tokyo.