Ford Motor CEO Jim Farley spoke with senior Trump administration officials last month about a potential framework in which Chinese automakers could build cars in America while offering some protection for domestic companies, according to people familiar with the discussions. The automaker’s talks generally about China with the administration have consistently emphasized “the need to protect our home market from a flood of subsidized vehicles built in China,” Mark Truby, Ford’s chief communications officer, said in a statement. “We have also been clear about the privacy and national security issues associated with Chinese vehicles in the US and we will continue to reiterate this in our discussions with policymakers,” Truby said.
