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Ford has been assembling cars in Europe for nearly 100 years to avoid tariffs and shipping costs.
Ford was the one automaker from the Big Three that adapted. GM and Chrysler did not. For decades, GM/Chevy built ugly cars that didn't last and relied on technology. The Japanese surpassed them. GM thought it could rely on customers who would simply be loyal to GM products even when there were superior products out there, often for less cash. Only recently did they finally make the sorts of changes that could have made them competitive.
"Manufacturers like Hessaire are part of a growing move to “re-shore” manufacturing jobs that were once lost to countries such as China and Mexico. T[b]he Reshoring Initiative, a group that focuses on bringing manufacturing jobs back to the U.S., estimates that between 2009 and 2016 more than 250,000 jobs were created or brought to the U.S. from other countries."
Makes sense, people prefer Japanese cars and American trucks. Ford will also phase out most of it's car lineup.
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