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Two companies led by billionaire Doig none Elon Musk – Spacex and Tesla – They have sent letters that make lobby to the United States Commercial Representative About Trump’s administration’s fare policies.
But both companies had different messages United States Commercial Representative Jamieson Greer.
It electric The Tesla vehicle manufacturer warned of the negative effect on its bottom line based on the rates and functions imposed by other countries on products created by the United States in retaliation for these rates.
Spacex complained that operating costs for their Starlink The Internet satellite service is increased by foreign business barriers, while foreign competitors do not have these costs in the United States.
The letters occur when Musk oversees the so -called government department efficiency, an effort to reduce the expense of the federal government and the count of head of employees at the request of the President. Donald Trump.
At the same time, Trump imposes hard rates in China, Mexico and Canada, with China and Canada firing with retaliation rates.
The letters are two of more than 700 received so far from the trade of the commercial representative in response to an invitation for public comments on « unjust commercial practices in other countries ». The answers are published to a public deposit.
Jamieson Greer, President Donald Trump’s candidate for commercial representative of the United States, testifies during his confirmation audience of the Senate Finance Committee, in the Dirksen Senate Office building on February 6, 2025.
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Tesla, in his undiging Letter to GreerHe encouraged him to « consider the impacts downstream of certain actions proposed to deal with unjust commercial practices. »
« Although Tesla acknowledges and supports the importance of fair trade, the evaluation carried out by the Ustr of the potential actions to rectify the unfair trade should also take into account the exports of the United States, » said the letter, which was presented by Tesla’s general councilor, Miriam Eqab.
« North -American exporters are inherently exposed to disproportionate impacts when other countries respond to US commercial actions. »
Tesla stated that « U.S. Special Tariff Actions have increased (1) Tesla costs for vehicles manufactured in the United States and (2) increases costs for the same vehicles when they are exported from the United States, leading to a less competitive international market for North -American manufacturers. »
« The Ustr should investigate ways to avoid these obstacles in future actions, » the letter said.
Spacex, in his letter to Greer, said he « faces a series of regulatory complexities and commercial barriers in all countries that the United States Government should try to support the leadership of the United States continued in space rule. »
The letter said that the company must pay foreign governments to access the spectrum and import rights of their Starlink Satellite Internet teams and other rates that « substantially increase the cost of operating in these countries, artificially. »
« Import rights paid in a good number of countries represent a significant increase in costs of Starlink products in these countries, despite the fact that the United States does not have essentially obligations on similar foreign products that are imported to the United States to attend to customers here, » said Mat Dunn, principal director of business and global governments in Spacex, on the letter.
« As President Trump said with other sectors, this is a major disadvantage for North -American companies, » Dunn wrote.
Tesla and Spacex did not respond immediately to a CNBC comment request on their letters.
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