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2nd December 2016, 07:42 PM
Ford Open to Deals With Trump to Keep Jobs in U.S., CEO Says by Keith Naughton
December 2, 2016 — 3:41 PM EST December 2, 2016 — 5:00 PM EST
‘Our position is very different than the Carrier position’
Carmaker concerned about currency manipulation, tax reform
Ford Motor Co. is willing to work with Donald Trump to keep jobs in the U.S. if he puts the right policies in place, the automaker’s chief executive officer said.
“We will be very clear in the things we’d like to see,” Mark Fields said in an exclusive interview at Bloomberg offices in Southfield, Michigan. “We’ll continue to advocate for currency-manipulation rules to promote free and fair trade. One of our priorities is making sure fuel-economy standards reflect market realities, tax reform in general we would be very supportive of, and the safe deployment of autonomous vehicles.”
After his election, Trump phoned Executive Chairman Bill Ford to discuss the carmaker’s plan to move production of the Lincoln MKC sport utility vehicle to Mexico from a plant in Louisville, Kentucky, Fields said. The discussion helped convince Ford to keep building the Lincoln in the U.S.
Trump did influence the decision “because of what he’s talking about in terms of his economic policies, whether it’s tax reform or otherwise,” Fields said.
On the campaign trail, the company was a favorite target of Trump, who lambasted (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-04-05/ford-building-1-6-billion-mexico-factory-to-make-small-cars) it for producing cars south of the border. Ford still plans to move its Focus compact and C-Max hybrid to Mexico from a Michigan factory, but the automaker has said it believes it can work with the new president to encourage economic growth in the U.S.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-12-02/ford-open-to-making-deals-with-trump-on-keeping-jobs-ceo-says
December 2, 2016 — 3:41 PM EST December 2, 2016 — 5:00 PM EST
‘Our position is very different than the Carrier position’
Carmaker concerned about currency manipulation, tax reform
Ford Motor Co. is willing to work with Donald Trump to keep jobs in the U.S. if he puts the right policies in place, the automaker’s chief executive officer said.
“We will be very clear in the things we’d like to see,” Mark Fields said in an exclusive interview at Bloomberg offices in Southfield, Michigan. “We’ll continue to advocate for currency-manipulation rules to promote free and fair trade. One of our priorities is making sure fuel-economy standards reflect market realities, tax reform in general we would be very supportive of, and the safe deployment of autonomous vehicles.”
After his election, Trump phoned Executive Chairman Bill Ford to discuss the carmaker’s plan to move production of the Lincoln MKC sport utility vehicle to Mexico from a plant in Louisville, Kentucky, Fields said. The discussion helped convince Ford to keep building the Lincoln in the U.S.
Trump did influence the decision “because of what he’s talking about in terms of his economic policies, whether it’s tax reform or otherwise,” Fields said.
On the campaign trail, the company was a favorite target of Trump, who lambasted (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-04-05/ford-building-1-6-billion-mexico-factory-to-make-small-cars) it for producing cars south of the border. Ford still plans to move its Focus compact and C-Max hybrid to Mexico from a Michigan factory, but the automaker has said it believes it can work with the new president to encourage economic growth in the U.S.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-12-02/ford-open-to-making-deals-with-trump-on-keeping-jobs-ceo-says