Ford secures $3 billion loan amid Big Three’s struggles with tariff uncertainty

Published July 29, 2025 11:42am ET



Ford, one of the United States’s “Big Three” automakers, took out a multibillion-dollar loan credit agreement amid unease about the effect President Donald Trump’s tariffs are having on the automobile industry. 

The $3 billion line of credit, available through July 28, 2026, offers Ford the ability to strengthen liquidity and financial flexibility as the Big Three car manufacturers — Ford, General Motors, and Stellantis — report losses due partly to the president’s auto tariffs. 

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