President Trump’s Trade Agenda Is Rebuilding the American Auto Industry

Ford Motor Company announced it will reshore production of its Lincoln models to the United States — phasing out imports from China and creating thousands of new American jobs. This is the latest proof that President Donald J. Trump’s America First trade agenda is delivering exactly as designed: rewarding domestic manufacturing, protecting American workers, and rebuilding America’s supply chains.

Ford CEO Jim Farley was unambiguous: “We made this decision as soon as the policy of the Administration was set.”

Ford joins a rapidly expanding roster of automakers expanding their U.S. footprint and returning production to American soil:

• Toyota is investing $3.6 billion to shift Tacoma production from Mexico to its San Antonio, Texas, plant — creating 2,000 high-quality jobs and doubling the facility’s size.
• Honda is producing its next-generation Civic in Indiana rather than Mexico to avoid tariffs — locking in approximately 210,000 units of annual U.S. output.
• General Motors is investing $4 billion to move production of the Chevrolet Blazer and Equinox from Mexico to plants in Tennessee and Kansas, while shifting Buick Envision production from China to Kansas — boosting domestic capacity by hundreds of thousands of vehicles.
• Mercedes-Benz is investing $4 billion to expand SUV production at its Tuscaloosa, Alabama, plant — citing tariffs as the key driver.
• Volvo Trucks has invested hundreds of millions of dollars to launch production of the new VNR regional hauler at its New River Valley facility in Dublin, Virginia.
• Stellantis is making the largest single investment in its 100-year U.S. history to expand domestic manufacturing by 50% — launching five new vehicles and creating more than 5,000 jobs across plants in Illinois, Ohio, Michigan, and Indiana.
• Nissan is maximizing capacity at its Tennessee manufacturing plant — one of the largest and most productive in North America — adding models and sustaining thousands of American jobs.
• Hyundai Motor Group is boosting annual capacity at its Metaplant America in Ellabell, Georgia, as part of broader multi-billion-dollar U.S. investments aimed at producing the vast majority of vehicles sold here domestically.
• Rolls-Royce is investing $75 million to boost engine production at its Aiken, South Carolina, facility, and recently completed a $24 million expansion of its Mankato, Minnesota, plant.

President Trump’s America First agenda is scoring a decisive victory over decades of offshoring. Companies that once chased cheap labor overseas are now pouring capital into U.S. plants — delivering vehicles Made in America, by American workers, for American consumers.