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Ford Says It Will Not Move Small Car Production from China to US

by VOA News

   Ford says it has no plans to move production of a small car from China
   to the United States despite President Donald Trump's enthusiastic
   tweet Sunday.
   "It would not be profitable to the build the Focus Active in the U.S.
   given an expected annual sales volume of fewer than 500,000 units," a
   Ford statement said.
   Ford earlier announced it would not ship the cars from China to the
   United States because tariffs would make them too expensive, prompting
   a Trump tweet saying "This is just the beginning. This car can now be
   BUILT IN THE U.S.A. and Ford will pay no tariffs."
   Ford may keep building the Focus Active in China, but won't not sell
   them in the United States.
   Trump has imposed tariffs on $50 billion in Chinese imports to remedy
   what he calls unfair Chinese trade practices. China has retaliated and
   both countries threaten more tariffs.