Focus plant to move to China

Ford vehicles to be shipped to North America, US factories to build other models

China-made Ford Focus vehicles will be exported to the United States starting in 2019, as part of Ford Motor's new global production strategy, released one month after Jim Hackett was appointed as CEO.

Production in China will begin in the second half of 2019, while the Michigan assembly plant - which is now producing Focus cars for North American markets - will not cease production until mid-2018, said the US carmaker in a news release.