Elon Musk tweets at Trump to push China on car tariffs
Hours before a scheduled announcement about tariffs on imported steel and aluminum, Tesla CEO Elon Musk posted a series of tweets directed at President Trump asking for “equal & fair rules for cars” when it comes to the US and China.
Musk spoke out against two things that he says have made things “very difficult” for Tesla. First, he explained to the president how the US places a 2.5 percent tariff on cars imported to the US from China, while China places a 25 percent tariff on US imports. Then he brought up how, in China, the government forces foreign automakers that want to manufacture cars in the country to partner with a Chinese car company.
Tesla has exported cars to China for years now, and they sell well in the country, a...