No, Mr. President, China tariffs don’t mean Ford will build the Focus Active here

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When President Trump learned that Ford Motor Co. had canceled plans to import its new Focus sport-utility crossover from China because of his tariffs, he suggested on Twitter that the carmaker could now build the vehicle here, duty-free.

Ford says it can’t, at least not without losing money. So it won’t.

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