Ford Makes History by Importing Lincoln SUV to U.S. — from ChinaJohn Binder 30 Apr 2023
Ford Motor Company will make history by importing its next generation Lincoln Nautilus from China — the first time ever to do so. The move comes as backlash mounts against a planned Ford plant in Marshall, Michigan, that involves China’s premier electric vehicle battery supplier.
This month, Ford executives announced that the Lincoln Nautilus will be made in China and imported to sell to Americans in the United States. Previously, the SUV was made in Ontario, Canada before being shipped to the U.S. market for sale.
It makes the first time in Ford’s history that Lincoln will manufacture a vehicle in China and send it to the U.S. to be sold. The announcement has experts calling for President Joe Biden, and Congress, to increase U.S. tariffs on vehicles made in China.
Currently, those tariffs sit at about 25 percent. Industry experts said the Ford announcement shows higher U.S. tariffs are necessary to protect American auto workers and domestic industry from being forced to compete against subsidized, China-made vehicles.
“25% tariffs on China built autos not enough,” Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) CEO Michael Stumo wrote on Twitter. Dan DiMicco, who served on former President Trump’s trade transition team, suggested that U.S. tariffs on China-made vehicles be raised to 50 percent.
“Don’t think this is the kind of ‘history’ Americans want to see from a historic [American] auto manufacturer,” CPA’s Nick Iacovella wrote on Twitter of Ford’s announcement.
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