By Maria Martinez, Helen Reid and Philip Blenkinsop BERLIN (Reuters) -A century-old tyre retreading firm based in a small town north of Hamburg in Germany kept British occupation trucks rolling after World War Two. Now it deals with newcomers of a different kind: heavily discounted tyres from China. The influx of imports has gathered momentum since U.S. President Donald Trump imposed tariffs on China, and the firm, which has been the German unit of Italian group Marangoni since 1990, says the European Union needs to act to ensure fair competition. "When new truck tyres from Asia arrive at around 40% of a premium new tyre's price – and sometimes even cheaper than a retread – it's hard," its boss Clemens Zimmermann told Reuters. "Under equal conditions, I have no problem competing. But if on

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