That was true 20 years ago, but Ford has been moving more and more towards a global strategy.
The Ford Escape, Explorer, Ranger, Focus, Mustang, Mach-E, are available in both US and Europe, and I think now even the F-150 and Bronco have made it into Europe. Plus the Transit commercial range.
So no, they're not quite separate anymore. Some models get developed in Europe (Focus, Escape), some in the US (Mustang, Ranger) but the general goal is to sell across the Atlantic.
To be fair, if anyone is surprised after the two red flags that are "ByteDance" and "AI", it's on them.