{"id":91775,"date":"2026-02-17T02:04:51","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T05:04:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automotive.einnews.com\/article\/892963023"},"modified":"2026-02-17T02:04:51","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T05:04:51","slug":"ford-explores-joint-venture-with-chinese-automakers-for-u-s-production","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/2026\/02\/17\/ford-explores-joint-venture-with-chinese-automakers-for-u-s-production\/","title":{"rendered":"Ford explores joint venture with Chinese automakers for U.S. production"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img data-opt-id=181651313  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/4376cf9\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/1600x840+0+76\/resize\/1200x630!\/quality\/90\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F18%2F49%2F156f6ae7420eae0a38345794f0c1%2Ftrump-at-ford-motor-company-2026.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>Chinese car companies are making inroads in Europe and Mexico, and recently cut a deal with Canada to sell electric vehicles there.<\/p>\n<p>The Chinese government offers subsidies to its national car companies, meaning they can price their vehicles much lower than their competition.<\/p>\n<p>President Trump said during a speech last month in Detroit that he could see Chinese automakers in the U.S., if they built factories and hired workers here.<\/p>\n<p>Now Ford reportedly has informally proposed joint partnerships where it would split profits and share technology with Chinese firms.<\/p>\n<p>Sources say that idea raises concerns among some in the Trump administration and at General Motors, who fear allowing China access will pose a threat to the U.S. economy and national security.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blockads.fivefilters.org\"> <\/a><\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/blockads.fivefilters.org\/acceptable.html\"> <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230; that he could see Chinese <span class=\"match\">automakers<\/span> in the U.S., if &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-91775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","wpcat-1-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91775","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91775"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91775\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}