Ford Chief Executive Officer Jim Farley said Chinese automakers should be barred from selling electric vehicles in the U.S., calling such imports “devastating” to American manufacturing and a national security concern during an appearance on Fox & Friends.
Farley said heavy government support for Chinese carmakers gives them an unfair price advantage and highlighted data-collection risks from vehicle cameras; the U.S. currently has a 100% tariff on Chinese-built vehicles.
He said preventing Chinese EVs from entering the U.S. should factor into negotiations with Canada and Mexico, noting both neighbors are importing Chinese electric vehicles.
Farley previously drove a Chinese-built Xiaomi SU7 and said he did not want to give it back; President Donald Trump has said he would consider allowing Chinese automakers into the U.S. if they built factories and hired American workers.
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