In the long contest between economic interdependence and national sovereignty, the Trump administration has turned its gaze toward Ford Motor Company, publicly questioning the automaker's commercial entanglements with Chinese firms. The criticism is not merely about one company's balance sheet — it is a signal to all of American industry that partnerships forged in the era of globalization are now being weighed against the imperatives of strategic autonomy. Ford, a symbol of American manufacturing, finds itself at the intersection of commerce and geopolitics, navigating a moment when the rules