<body><p>STORY: :: Nora Eckert, Autos Correspondent</p><p>:: Detroit, Michigan/ August 12, 2026</p><p>Why is Ford moving some auto production from China to the U.S.? Ford is moving production of its Lincoln models for the U.S. market out of China, back to the U.S. This is a substantial move for Ford, as it faces pretty hefty tariffs under the Trump administration. One of its Lincoln models, the Nautilus, had about 52.5% tariffs that it had been facing for the last year. </p><p>Ford CEO Jim Farley told us that the automaker had been preparing to make this move for some time. I mean, these tariffs have been in place for many months now, and that although Ford has a very strong U.S. production base, it found capacity to move even more production to the US from China.</p><p>Discussions around what Ford was going to do with its China produced models came up several months ago, as we were examining some reporting around the Connected Vehicle Rule, which is a Commerce Department regulation that bans the use of connected vehicle software and hardware from China in the U.S. And Ford has one particular model produced in China, the Lincoln Nautilus, that they previously said they might need to seek a specific authorization from Commerce to continue selling in the U.S. </p><p>But Ford told us this week that they no longer needed an authorization that the vehicle was able to sell in the U.S without any Commerce approval. U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick told us that Ford's move is really encouraging, and that he wants to see more automakers following this pattern. We already saw GM onshore production of its Buick Envision model from China to the U.S., and we might be seeing more of these announcements as automakers confront a tariff landscape that seems here to stay.</p></body>
