Tesla warns against being exposed to exports in the midst of the trade war

Tesla warns that it and other American exporters can be exposed to revenge definitions as president Donald Trump It imposes fees on American commercial partners.

In a letter sent to the American commercial actor, Jameson Jarir earlier this week, Tesla wrote that it “supports a strong and comprehensive process to collect information to ensure appropriate measures to process unfair commercial practices that, in this process, do not intentionally harm American companies.”

CEO of Tesla Elon Musk He is a close ally of Trump, who commissioned him to lead the Ministry of Government efficiency (DOGE), and is similar to the concerns of the company that other American exporters raised amid the intermediate trade war.

Tesla wrote: “As the American manufacturer and a source, Tesla USTR encourages consideration of the effects of the match taken to address unfair commercial practices,” Tesla wrote.

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“While Tesla recognizes and supports the importance of fair trade, the evaluation that takes place by USTR is one of the possible procedures for correcting Unfortunate trade “It should take into account exports from the United States,” the speech said.

index	protection	last	Changing	% Change
Timing	Tesla Inc.	240.68	7.41	-2.99 %

The company added: “American exporters are subjected to their nature to non -proportional influences when other countries respond to American trade procedures. For example, previous trade measures by the United States led to immediate reactions by the targeted countries, including increasing the customs tariff on the imported EVS in those countries.”

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Tesla also showed how the past A tariff of battles It resulted in high manufacturing costs and high sales prices abroad, making the company’s vehicles less competitive.

“The US tariff procedures in the United States have increased (1) Tesla costs for manufactured vehicles in the United States, and (2) increased costs of those vehicles themselves when exporting them from the United States, which led to (A) the lowest international market for American manufacturers,” explained Tesla.

Tesla also wrote that “future commercial policy procedures should take into account the current restrictions in the local supply chain.”

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Tesla noticed that its supply chain has a large degree of local ingredients, but some automatic parts in the United States cannot be obtained, leaving car manufacturers exposed to hardships that makes it difficult to preserve American manufacturing jobs.

“Even with the aggressive settlement of the supply chain, it is difficult for some parts and components or impossible to obtain it within the United States. TESLA supports a USTR process to increase the evaluation of local supply chain restrictions to ensure that the United States manufacturers do not burden commercial measures that can lead to supporting support from companies that can lead to its manufacture.

“Commercial procedures (and you do not need) should not contradict the goals to increase and support local manufacturing.”

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“With the continued USTR to evaluate possible commercial procedures to correct unfair commercial practices, the implementation schedule should also be considered. American companies will benefit from a repetitive approach that enables them to prepare accordingly and ensure the appropriate supply chain and compliance are taken,”

Reuters contributed to this report.