Currently reading: Ford expects US trade tariffs to cost it £1.5bn this year

Manufacturer eyes increased regionalisation as cost of importing parts and materials into US mounts

Ford expects the impact of trade tariffs to cost it around $2 billion (£1.5bn) this year – with boss Jim Farley hinting it will adopt an increasingly regionalised approach in the future.

The warning came as Ford posted its second-quarter financial results, in which it incurred a net loss of $36m (£27m), despite record revenues for the three months of $50.2bn (£38bn).

That loss was largely down to a $1.9bn (£1.5bn) cost for the cancellation of a project to build a new large, electric seven-seater for the US market.

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