In an unsigned letter addressed to U.S. trade representative Jamieson Greer, Tesla warned that "U.S. exporters are inherently exposed to disproportionate impacts when other countr

Tesla told the Trump administration that its ongoing tariff war could make it more expensive for the electric car company to build vehicles in the U.S. “Trade actions should not (and need not) conflict with objectives to further increase and support domestic manufacturing,

Critics said the spectacle stretched the bounds of what is ethical in the White House, with Trump openly seeking to boost the financial fortunes of Elon Musk.