Tesla CEO Elon Musk looks on next to U.S. President Donald Trump talking to the media, at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 11, 2025.Two companies led by billionaire DOGE chief Elon Musk — SpaceX and Tesla — have submitted letters lobbying the U.S. trade representative on Trump administration tariff policies.The letters come as Musk oversees an effort to slash federal government spending and employee headcount at the behest of President Donald Trump. They also come as Trump is imposing stiff ...

Tesla is warning that it and other U.S. exporters could be hit with retaliatory tariffs as President Donald Trump imposes levies on American trading partners. In a letter sent to U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer earlier this week, Tesla wrote that it "supports a robust and thorough process to gather information to ensure appropriate actions are taken to address unfair trade practices and which, in the process, do not inadvertently harm U.S. companies."Tesla CEO Elon Musk is a close ally of Trump, wh ...