Ford says protracted tariffs would wipe out billions in profit from auto sector

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Ford’s chief James Farley said the carmaker’s latest earnings call that if Trump’s tariffs were to persist Ford “would have to make some major strategy shifts in the US”.

Ford is aiming to increase its earnings before tax from $7 billion to around $8.5 billion this year  that guidance does not factor in the impacts from changes in policy by the Trump administration according to James Farley, Ford’s president, CEO and director.

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