{"id":81168,"date":"2025-03-13T16:57:05","date_gmt":"2025-03-13T20:57:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=81168"},"modified":"2025-03-13T16:57:05","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T20:57:05","slug":"tesla-complains-about-being-target-of-retaliatory-tariffs-and-it-was-right-its-starting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=81168","title":{"rendered":"Tesla complains about being target of retaliatory tariffs, and it was right: it’s starting"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Tesla\u2019s policy team sent a letter to the US government to complain about potentially being the target of retaliatory tariffs amid Trump\u2019s trade war.<\/p>\n

The automaker was right, as Canada is already targeting Tesla directly with a few policy changes.<\/p>\n

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On Tuesday, March 11, Tesla\u2019s policy team sent a letter Jamieson Greer, President Trump\u2019s top US trade representative, to warn them the current trade war, started by Trump, could make Tesla\u2019s target of retaliatory tariffs (via Reuters):<\/p>\n

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\u201cAs a U.S. manufacturer and exporter, Tesla encourages USTR to consider the downstream impacts of certain proposed actions taken to address unfair trade practices.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The automaker didn\u2019t elaborate on why it thought that, but it\u2019s likely because its CEO, Elon Musk, is one of the Trump\u2019s top advisers, and he contributed more than $250 million to the President\u2019s campaign.<\/p>\n

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Many people see Musk as a sort of \u201cshadow president,\u201d and therefore, some of the backlash of the administration\u2019s policies falls on him and, in turn, on Tesla.<\/p>\n

It also doesn\u2019t help to dissociate Musk and Trump from Tesla when Musk organizes for the President to do a Tesla infomercial at the White House<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Musk has been Trump\u2019s biggest supporter. He has praised virtually all of Trump\u2019s policies and even said that he loves Trump \u201cas much as a straight man can love another man.\u201d That\u2019s an actual quote.<\/p>\n

However, there\u2019s one of Trump\u2019s policies that Musk has stayed completely silent on: the sense less trade war that he started with US allies, including Canada and Mexico.<\/p>\n

Canada, Mexico, and the US have a free trade agreement that Trump himself signed in 2020<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For some reason, he appears to have completely forgotten about it and keeps claiming that Canada and Mexico are \u201cscrewing over the US\u201d with this deal. He even asked several times \u201cwho negotiated this deal?\u201d<\/p>\n

Musk is most likely quiet about it because he knows it bads for the US and its allies, as well as himself and Tesla.<\/p>\n

Tesla gets roughly 25% of its parts for vehicles built in the US from Mexico<\/a>, in addition to an undisclosed amount of Canadian parts. Furthermore, Tesla builds a significant amount of its manufacturing machinery in Canada.<\/p>\n

The automaker\u2019s policy team was right to worry about reliatory measures over the trade way.<\/p>\n

Just today, B.C. Hydro, which offers rebates for installing EV charging stations, announced that it is excluding Tesla products from the program in response to U.S. tariffs.<\/p>\n

BC Energy minister Adrian Dix commented on the move (via CBC<\/a>):<\/p>\n

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\u201cI thought they [Tesla products] shouldn\u2019t be made available on a public subsidy program right now. I don\u2019t think anyone in British Columbia needs to be told why, and I think most people would support their removal from that list,\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The province is also considering removing Tesla from the $4,000 rebate program at the purchase of electric vehicles.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s just the beginning. NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, who could be part of the new Canadian government if a coalition is formed after the upcoming elections, vowed to implement a 100% tariffs on Tesla vehicles coming from the US.<\/p>\n

He is the second leading Canadian politician to propose this measure this month<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Electrek\u2019s Take<\/h2>\n

I really wouldn\u2019t want to work for Tesla\u2019s policy team these days. They are walking a difficult line. The president\u2019s policies are hurting the company, but the company\u2019s CEO is his best buddy. <\/p>\n

So they have to write things like \u201cTesla encourages USTR to consider the downstream impacts of certain proposed actions taken to address unfair trade practices\u201d instead of \u201cYou are killing us over here with these schizophrenic trade policies!\u201d<\/p>\n

Generally, I would have issues with policies singling out a specific company, but we are talking about the US breaking a free trade agreement over false pretends and opposing ridiculous tariffs with the hope of crippling the country\u2019s economy and force them to be annexed by the US, which Trump hasn\u2019t been shy about as of late.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s unacceptable, especially for an ally, and therefore, everything is on the table, including trying to hurt Trump\u2019s top financial backer. <\/p>\n

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