Ford kills plan to sell Chinese-made vehicle in the United States

Yahoo ^ | 08/31/2018 | Joseph White

[SpeedyInTexas]

Ford Motor Co (F.N) has abruptly killed a plan to sell a Chinese-made small vehicle in the United States because of the prospect of higher U.S. tariffs, the head of the automaker's North American operations said Friday.

The automaker's decision came as U.S. President Donald Trump is escalating a trade battle with China, threatening to impose duties on another $200 billion in Chinese goods.

The Trump administration has already imposed duties on Chinese-made vehicles of up to 25 percent. Trump is separately evaluating a proposal to impose tariffs on all imported vehicles on national security grounds.

[SpeedyInTexas]

A win for the good guys.

[Regulator]

Such a shame

Maybe they can sell their ChinaMobile in...China?

[EagleUSA]

Yeah, they probably can imagine the law suits it would result in......

[gathersnomoss]

Buick and Cadillac need to do the same, pronto.

[Lurkinanloomin]

I wasn’t ever going to buy a made in China car.

[clee1]

We have enough small cheap Asian cars being dumped here in America.

[cuban leaf]

Apparently they put down the bong and decided to preserve the reputation of the brand.

[DannyTN]

And that’s why we need tariffs, and not just a fair trade deal.

[Safetgiver]

Not arguing, name two worse than a GM, Ford or Chrysler CAR.

[Bryanw92]

>>Not arguing, name two worse than a GM, Ford or Chrysler CAR.

A lot of people here seem to live in the 70s, don’t they?

[entropy12]

Tariffs is the ONLY method we have to end up with FAIR TRADE deals. Being "nice" won't make it happen.

The country which has trade deficits holds all the cards in a tariff war.

[BipolarBob]

Renault, Yugo, AMC and Fiat come to mind.

[House Atreides]

WINNING!

[Mears]

My Mercury Sables were great cars.

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[Mariner]

The ability to manufacture big, wheeled machines IS a national security issue.

[smokingfrog]

Have you driven a 涉 lately?

[ASA Vet]

We have enough small cheap Asian cars being dumped here in America.

Ya, like those Toyota Lexus LC 500, and the Kia K900 junkers.

[DoughtyOne]

Aw, we won’t get to buy Mao Bile to be mobile?

“:^)

[poobear]

I drive a Chevy Truck. This entire thread can KMA!

[DannyTN]

Yeah, but what I’m saying is we don’t need a fair trade deal. We need tariffs. Don’t use tariffs to negotiate fair trade, just implement tariffs and be done with it.

We are the market. Production comes back here if the tariffs are high enough.