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Trump Tariffs Will Begin Impacting Ford Tomorrow

As Ford Authority reported last week, President Donald Trump set a deadline for this past Saturday in terms of imposing 25 percent tariffs on Canada and Mexico in response to his ask for those countries to take action to halt the flow of drugs and illegal immigrants into the U.S. Trump also added that he was considering an additional 10 percent tariff on Chinese goods, adding to tariffs that former President Joe Biden slapped on that particular country in 2024. Now, those new tariffs are set to take effect on Tuesday, February 4th, which will certainly impact a number of goods, including some sold by Ford.

A photo showing the exterior of a 2025 Ford Bronco Sport from the front three quarters angle.

According to the Associated Press, Trump has officially signed an order that will result in 25 percent tariffs being placed on goods from Canada and Mexico, as well as an additional 10 percent on China. However, energy imported from Canada will be subjected to a lower tariff of 10 percent, which includes oil, electricity, and natural gas. With many automakers – including Ford – producing vehicles and other components in those countries and then importing them into the U.S., these new tariffs could impact pricing in a big way. Regardless, Ford CEO Jim Farley has thus far admitted that he isn’t worried about policy changes such as this.

“You have engines and car seats and other things that cross the border multiple times before going into a finished vehicle,’’ said Scott Lincicome, a trade analyst at the libertarian Cato Institute. “You have American parts going to Mexico to be put into vehicles that are then shipped back to the United States.”

A rear three quarters view of the 2024 Ford Mustang Mach-E GT Performance Edition in Brazil.

Such tariffs could certainly impact the prices of some of Ford’s more affordable models, as most of them – the Ford Maverick and Ford Bronco Sport, along with the Ford Mustang Mach-E – are built in Mexico, currently, which isn’t terribly convenient as The Blue Oval is looking to ramp up production of those same vehicles amid consumer demand. Some have also warned that these tariffs could severely disrupt the automotive supply chain, and at least one of Ford’s biggest suppliers has stated that it will pass those costs down to its customers. Back in 2018, tariffs imposed on China also prompted Ford to cancel plans to bring the Focus Active to the U.S., too.

Brett's lost track of all the Fords he's owned over the years and how much he's spent modifying them, but his current money pits include an S550 Mustang and 13th gen F-150.

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  1. Start saving your money folks.

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  2. I have absolutely no doubt that the tariffs will become the latest opportunity to gouge, regardless of the impact of them. Up go prices another $5K or more. And all discounts vanish.

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  3. Perfect example of how Trump has no clue about many issues including how the world economy works. Middle and lower income folks who voted for him…grab your ankles…the best is yet to come!

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    1. Good thing the Democrats got us lubed up and loosened then over the last 4 years.

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      1. Inflation started because of Covid, and Trump dropped the ball on that.

        Took 4 years but it was finally getting under control.

        Now Trump is back and first thing he does is this.

        Could it be that Trump is a moron who doesn’t know what hes doing? No. Its all the Dems fault. Clearly.

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        1. Sure. Only YOU believe that. Yes, the Dems that were in office were horrendous. Over 80mil ppl spoke at election. Deal w/it.

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          1. And those 80 million are dopes

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      2. Trump will destroy the economy. The loser has no idea how to run a country.

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    2. “SIEG HEIL” Mark, If ya know what that means??? I Suppose TRUMP is a Dictator Also??? The USA has been taking it up the Shorts for Many Many Decades Mark!!!! The USA Created this Issue Long Long Ago and No one has done anything to FIX those Issues! The USA “PAY’S” for Everyone’s Problems World Wide, and THAT comes out of Your Pocket as well as everyone else’s Mark. We need to Take Care Of “US” right here at HOME! We’d be far better Off than trying to FIX Everyone else’s Problems Along with our’s. We got enough Issues right here at HOME in the USA, let alone Spending TRILLIONS Of $$$$$$ On everyone else’s Issues. How’s that Working for us??? It’s N O T…..

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    3. OK Mark B. Everyone voted for President Trump ..that votes anyhow. Over 80mil ppl. You leftists lookin for your “gotcha” moments stood behind ppl that did nothing & got us into this mess!

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      1. 80 million rightie losers.

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    4. Bc he wants Canada & Nexico to help stem the flow of illegals and fentanyl into the country? 🤦🏼‍♂️

      Meanwhile, this afternoon from WSJ:
      Trump Tariff Updates: U.S. and Mexico Agree to Pause; Trump to Speak with Canada’s Trudeau — Live News, Analysis

      It worked w Mexico! Deal w it!

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  4. If the United States Of AMERICA would start Making “ALL” of our “STUFF” right here at Home we wouldn’t be having these Issues!!!! PERIOD!!!! “MADE IN THE U S A”!! What the “H” do y’all “THINK” Caused all this Crap to Happen in the First Place??? The USA Continues to rely on CHILD LABOR from “Other” Countries and Folks….. It ain’t working!! Make it right here at HOME in the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!!!

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    1. Making all in the U.S. will cost even more. Would you build a car for less thsn $10 an hour? Thank the Unions for the higher prices. Yet the foreign companies build in the U.S. because they pay less per hour.

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      1. Unions aren’t hurting anything. Labor is less than 7% of vehicles total cost. Now ya know. Your trolling. Foreign companies have minimal investment compared to Ford or GM. Facts.

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  5. To Mark B :
    Trump is a billionaire with properties across the whole globe. He knows how the world economy works. Did not get to where he is at by being ignorant to what goes on in the world!!!
    Why do you think he is enacting these tariffs?
    US has been getting screwed for years by these countries, and he is going to straighten this out. Also, Mexico is nothing but being run by the Cartels, with China supplying most of the drugs coming into the US and killing people. He has explained this and why these tariffs are being enacted! All Mexico, Canada, China has to do is stop this, and he will lift the tariffs as he said. Guess you cannot understand his motives and enjoyed Biden and his crew screwing us for the last four years. You grabbed your ankles and let them do it to you and did not complain!!

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    1. He is not a billionare anymore. He owes over 500 million and has very little net worth now.

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      1. Forbes reported President Trumps net worth up recently at 6.8B. He takes no salary. He’s best guy for job w/dream team administration unlike last 4yrs of Bidenbama. Your a troll.

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    2. All Trump knows how to do is bankrupt companies. Tell us about these…. Trump Airlines, Trump University, Trump Casinos, Trump Foundation, Trump Wine, Trump Vodka, Trump Steaks.

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  6. Gerrald:
    Really, now you are using the Covid scam to justify inflation??
    Please explain how Trump “dropped the ball ” on this?
    Covid was nothing but a scam by Democrats as yourself to steal the 2020 election, and line their pockets with Big Pharma money with the vaccines that did not work and ect. !
    Also, who enacted the big American Rescue Plan who did nothing but start the inflation ball rolling when he got go in office and then backed it up with the Inflation reduction Act, which did zero also except to drive inflation up further?
    Your pal Biden and his crew drove up inflation to where it is ! Remember who was in office last four years!!
    Guess you forgot already! Yes, it was the Dems fault!

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    1. Hey Dave, you’re an idiot. You “ain’t got a clue”.

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  7. Dave M. tRump has made his fortune by screwing others his whole life. He’s not a businessman, he’s a conman. This is his latest con. Notice that China is only having a 10% tariff imposed when he campaigned on a 100% tariff? Because Tesla get most of their components from China. China is the Fentanyl source. China is purchasing his crypto currency so our transaction dictator so he will punish others like Canada who purchases the most goods and services from us, because Trudeau didn’t kiss hiss orangutan ass! Get out of the Fox fog and educate yourself!

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    1. trump has started many golf courses throughout the world and then left the people hanging when he quit. He is the worlds biggest con man.
      He is also the only person to have a casino go bankrupt.
      Oh, let’s not forget, he is also a Convicted Felon. And, to think that he followers voted for him again. Seems a little like Jim Jones of the Peoples Temple. Remember him???

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      1. Hoping we can get congress to extend the Presidentcy to 3 terms. Trump for 3rd term! 💯

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  8. So much for NAFTA which was signed by Trump during his first term.
    Now the battle with inflation is going to become more difficult.

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    1. Bidenbama pushed inflation to where it is currently. Renegotiating NAFTA was smart as are these tariffs. Leftist looneys must lie ..that’s all they have.

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      1. Davey tell us about how Idiot Trump bankrupt his companies.

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      2. Hey touchhole, inflation was 2.8% when Biden left office. Now when it starts to rise under your orange pig, you and your ilk will blame Biden and Obama, right? Your orange pig is a total loser plain and simple. And you and your ilk are idiots voting for him.

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  9. OMG, the price of Trump Koolaid will go up, what will the MAGAs drink now?

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  10. Ford should build all products in America !

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    1. yea and you will piss an moan about the high cost of the new truck you want to buy. STFU!

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  11. Trump delayed putting tariffs on Mexico today. Trump is an amazing negotiator. He is internationally very intuitive. Give him a chance to improve our country. He’s only been in office for a little over a week. Thx

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    1. Trump’s an idiot. Full stop.

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  12. Dominic ,Carl , John , Ford Owner .
    We just got rid of the biggest con man going, and his crime family!
    Talk about in bed with the Chinese, and Ukraine! How much money did Biden and his family get from these two countries, plus who knows from where else.
    Along with the Obama’s, Clinton’s, Pelosi, these people are the biggest con artists going. Just a bunch of grifters, who got rich by influence peddling, insider trading, and whatever else they could scheme.
    They all need to be in jail, and hopefully Trump and the new DOJ will investigate into their shady dealings and put them there!
    Give me one instance where Trump coned anyone?
    He tried different businesses, and they did not work out. Thats part of being a businessman.
    The majority of the American people saw what was going on the last four years, and before with your Democratic Party, and have realized that change was needed to rid ourselves of a bunch of people who only cared about themselves, and how much power and money they could a mass, and not about the country!
    So, quit blaming Trump for everything, and open your eyes, look in the mirror, and see who is really to blame for the problems we now are trying to get out of!
    Trump and his people are trying to right the ship, give him a chance instead of bashing him.
    Might make you feel better!

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    1. Dave M. I’ll say again, you’re an idiot. Step out of la la land for a moment moron.

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  13. It seems this has gotten to be a political discussion, and not automotive related, but, here is a good example for you. And, it is only the start of what he has done to people.
    Sep. 27, 2023
    A judge ruled Tuesday that Donald Trump committed fraud for years while building the real estate empire that catapulted him to fame and the White House, and he ordered some of the former president’s companies removed from his control and dissolved.
    Judge Arthur Engoron, ruling in a civil lawsuit brought by New York Attorney General Letitia James, found that Trump and his company deceived banks, insurers and others by massively overvaluing his assets and exaggerating his net worth on paperwork used in making deals and securing loans.

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  14. Geowar and Carl .
    Guess I am an idiot along with millions of other TRUE AMERICANS who voted for change in this country !!!
    Judge Arthur is nothing more than a democrat hack, and was put up to this along with Letitia to try and take Trump out so he would not get elected and expose all the BS like this going on !
    This and the rest of the democratic phony trials did not work, and only exposed these people for what they are, nothing but low life trying to make a name for themselves !
    Carl, if what you say is true, why is he not in jail ?
    Because none of it was true, and the people of this country were smart enough to see that this was nothing more than the Biden DOJ using their powers to try and keep Trump from being able to be elected, plain and simple !!
    And to top it off, when their legal crap did not work, they tried to kill him!
    You both need to get into the real world, quit listening to MSNBC and CNN, and all the other liberal sites that spread nothing but lies and disinformation.
    Trump won, your phony Kalama and her puppet Tim lost big time, so quit whining and live with it !
    We had to live with the disaster of Biden for the last four years, so this is payback for that disaster !
    Trump has already done more to turn this country around and back on the right path to prosperity in two weeks then Biden did in four years.
    To bad you two are tow blind to see and realize this because you are stuck in the liberal bubble !

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