Nearly two months after Donald Trump’s far-reaching tariffs were unveiled, Ford Motors CEO Jim Farley told me how — despite that added complexity — he has never been more optimistic about Ford’s future.
“I mean, how exciting is it to go from being criticized for our US plants — in every investor meeting I had, [hearing] why do you make so much in the US, why don’t you localize overseas, why don’t you do more of what your competitors do? — to actually be advantaged because we’re building an American car company and always have.”
Despite globalization, Ford, a publicly traded but family-controlled company, has consistently invested in American operations, manufacturing high-value products domestically and exporting more than it imports. It’s the largest US automaker by domestic production, and the F-150 is the biggest consumer product by revenue actually made in America, according to BCG.
The Trump administration’s focus on American manufacturing, Farley said, aligns with Ford’s long-standing strategy.
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