The company has said it does not expect the transfer of Focus production to Mexico to result in USA job loss; the MI factory that now builds the Focus may switch to a truck or SUV model.
Advertisement
It’s disgraceful. It’s disgraceful that our politicians allow them get away with it.
House should go first on stopgap spending bill Warren: Trump “too chicken” to release tax returns Dem bill would force Trump to prove he’s under IRS audit MORE on Thursday said he would impose a 35 percent tax on any cars that are produced by US companies overseas and then sent to the United States.
She also added that in the past five years, Ford has invested $12 billion in USA plants, creating close to 28,000 American jobs.
Now, these statements would be pretty alarming, especially if you’re a Ford employee or you’re vehemently against the idea of purchasing a foreign-made vehicle.
As the Detroit Free Press reports, CEO Mark Fields told investors Tuesday that the change will be gradual, happening over the next two to three years.
In response to the threat, Fields said that Ford will work with any administration but may be persuaded to stay in the USA if the government simplifies tax codes and provides a “level playing field when it comes to trade agreements”. He said Ford produces more vehicles and has more hourly workers in the US than any other automaker.
CEO Mark Fields, appearing on CNN Thursday, said “zero” jobs will be lost in the US and that “it is really unfortunate when politics get in the way of the facts”.
“We will be replacing those products with two very exciting new products so not one job will be lost”, Fields said.
The Detroit News first reported a year ago that Ford wants to replace the two cars in Wayne with the Ranger midsize pickup, and Bloomberg has said it could also include the Bronco SUV.
Ford Motor Company CEO Mark Fields announced Wednesday that the company will move its small auto assembly from Wayne, Michigan, about 30 miles west of Detroit, to San Luis Potosi, Mexico.
“I don’t know how you can talk down American workers and American businesses and want to be president of the United States”, said Clinton at the time.
Since 2011, Ford has invested $12 billion in US plants and created 28,000 U.S.jobs.
Ford committed to build new vehicles at the Michigan Assembly Plant to take the place of the Focus and C-Max when it reached a new contract late past year with the United Auto Workers union, which represents 3,900 hourly workers at the plant.
Advertisement
The company says Mexico ranks fourth among countries where it makes its vehicles for global customers – behind the U.S., China and Germany.
