Ford Tells Trump That It Will Keep SUV Production In The U.S.

YAY!

Ford to Trump: Won't Send Lincoln SUV Production to Mexico



November 18, 2016

Ford Motor Co. Chairman Bill Ford called Donald Trump to tell the president-elect the auto maker won't move production of Lincolns out of Kentucky, a sign the car company aims to work with a new administration on protecting American manufacturing workers.

Mr. Trump, in a tweet posted to his Twitter account late Thursday, said he had "just got a call from my friend Bill Ford, Chairman of Ford, who advised me that he will be keeping the Lincoln plant in Kentucky -- no Mexico." He then added in a second tweet "I worked hard with Bill Ford to keep the Lincoln plant in Kentucky."

The auto maker confirmed in a statement that production of the Lincoln MKC crossover will remain at its assembly plant in Louisville, Ky. Ford had initially planned to move output of the Lincoln model to another plant to boost production of the Escape, which is built at the same factory. The company didn't say where it had planned to move production of the Lincoln crossover.

Ford communicated that plan to the United Auto Workers in 2015 as part of a broader contract negotiation. The Louisville plant, employing about 4,700 workers, wasn't in danger of closing.

"We are encouraged that President-elect Trump and the new Congress will pursue policies that will improve U.S. competitiveness and make it possible to keep production of this vehicle here in the United States," the company said.

Mr. Trump campaigned on a pledge to bring U.S. manufacturing jobs back and took aim at Ford's separate plans to move small-car production from Michigan to a new $1.6 billion factory it is building in Mexico. That product, the Focus, is separate from the Lincoln Mr. Trump referred to, and Ford is still planning to move those small cars to Mexico, Chief Executive Mark Fields said earlier this week.

As the Republican candidate for president, Mr. Trump proposed a 35% tariff on vehicles or other products built abroad and imported by the U.S. by companies like Ford. Mr. Fields said a tariff would have negative consequences for the broader auto industry and the U.S. economy.

A spokeswoman for Mr. Trump didn't immediately return a request for comment.

Ford executives, including Mr. Ford, have repeatedly stressed the company's shift in factory output to Mexico won't cost any U.S. jobs and the Michigan factory losing small-car production will eventually get new models to keep the assembly lines running.

Ford says it has invested $12 billion in its U.S. factories over the past five years creating 28,000 jobs.

Mr. Fields told reporters Ford has talked to Mr. Trump's transition team and believes the company can work with the new administration. "We all share the same objective," Mr. Fields said.

Ford's Chief Financial Officer Bob Shanks was also encouraged by Mr. Trump's recent remarks, saying earlier Thursday he believes the president-elect is pursuing "pro-growth" policies, including on trade.

Like many of its rivals, Ford is increasing production of more profitable trucks and sport-utility vehicles in the U.S. while investing to boost output in Mexico for lower-margin small cars.

Mr. Trump has said he would begin renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement that covers Canada, the U.S. and Mexico.

If Mexico doesn't agree to improve terms, the U.S. will leave the pact, Mr. Trump said. He blames unfair trade, in particular with Mexico and China, for the loss of millions of factory jobs - a message that resonated with voters in Michigan during the election. Mr. Trump won Michigan, the first Republican candidate to do that since 1988.

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The Liar-in-Chief is at it again. Will he be called out by his followers? Hell no! Some liars are OK.

Trump Falsely Claims He Stopped Ford From Leaving Kentucky For Mexico
The company had never said it would close the Kentucky assembly plant.
11/17/2016 11:08 pm ET | Updated 10 hours ago Arthur Delaney Senior Reporter, The Huffington Post

Donald Trump claimed Thursday that he made Ford Motor Co. keep a factory in Kentucky instead of moving it to Mexico.

“Just got a call from my friend Bill Ford, Chairman of Ford, who advised me that he will be keeping the Lincoln plant in Kentucky - no Mexico,” Trump tweeted.

“I worked hard with Bill Ford to keep the Lincoln plant in Kentucky,” he said in a follow-up tweet. “I owed it to the great State of Kentucky for their confidence in me!”

After the tweets, a spokesman for Ford confirmed the company had reversed its plan to stop making the Lincoln MKC at a plant in Louisville, but the company had never said the plant would close.

“Today, we confirmed with the president-elect that our small Lincoln utility vehicle made at the Louisville Assembly Plant will stay in Kentucky,” the spokesman said. “We are encouraged that President-elect Trump and the new Congress will pursue policies that will improve U.S. competitiveness and make it possible to keep production of this vehicle here in the United States.”

Asked if the company had any prior plans to shutter the plant, the Ford spokesman said it did not. “No plans to close plants. This was about moving production of MKC out of Louisville Assembly Plant. That same plant also makes Ford Escape.”

Ford had actually made significant commitments to the United Auto Workers union to maintain production and jobs at its two factories in Kentucky.


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I worked hard with Bill Ford to keep the Lincoln plant in Kentucky. I owed it to the great State of Kentucky for their confidence in me!


Earlier this year, though, Ford did announce it would shift small-car production to Mexico. Trump harshly criticized the company on the campaign trail, calling it a “disgrace.” Stopping companies from shipping jobs to Mexico is a key part of Trump’s economic agenda.

Despite the criticism, Ford confirmed this week that its Mexico plans are still on.

“We’re going forward with our plan to move production of the Ford Focus to Mexico,” Ford CEO Mark Fields told Reuters on Tuesday.

Fields has maintained that shifting small-car production to Mexico, where the company can reduce its labor costs, would not result in any layoffs for Ford’s U.S. workers because the company is simultaneously investing more in domestic production of bigger vehicles.

“There will be no job impact whatsoever with this move,” Fields said.

The head of the United Auto Workers complained in April that the new factory in Mexico did represent “jobs that could have and should have been available right here in the USA,” but both the union and the company have pointed out that Ford is making significant investment in its U.S workforce.

In its November 2015 contract with the company, for instance, the UAW said it secured more than $1 billion worth of investment from Ford for production at its two plants in Kentucky.

Ford actually showed off its revamped Louisville plant in September after Trump bashed the company at a presidential debate.

 

"We are encouraged that President-elect Trump and the new Congress will pursue policies that will improve U.S. competitiveness and make it possible to keep production of this vehicle here in the United States," [Ford] said.

 

Cherry picking to try and save face is pretty pathetic.

Asked if the company had any prior plans to shutter the plant, the Ford spokesman said it did not. “No plans to close plants. This was about moving production of MKC out of Louisville Assembly Plant. That same plant also makes Ford Escape.”

 

Who the hell said anything about CLOSING the plant?

 

Exactly!!!! Lincoln production stays in USA!! This is nothing more than sour grapes from sniveling loser snowflakes. Just laugh at them and expect 4 more years of it.

 

I've been laughing at them for a long time, Jack. Since Nov. 8th, however, I've been laughing so hard my sides hurt.

The snowflakes are pissing their pants right now.

 

Hopefully they will curl up with a good book ( like Ann Coulter's TRUMP book), a dog and never leave the house again lol.
Meanwhile, local Phoenix news radio is reporting many illegals are leaving already.
The dollar is killing it, illegals are leaving, and good jobs are staying and it has been only 10 days so far.
The snowflakes are wearing diaper pins and crying in streets and online.
The #1 best thing of all was watching Wretched Crooked Hillary crawl out of her hole and declare how sad she was. Poor Hillary, that's TWICE America told you to go F yourself. Hahahaha