Tesla Warns Federal Government of Harm From Retaliatory Tariffs Amid Trade War

The company is asking the Trump administration to consider the impacts of any actions taken to address unfair trade practices.

President Donald Trump and Tesla CEO Elon Musk speak to the press outside the White House in Washington, on March 11, 2025. Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images

Elon Musk’s Tesla has warned it’s at risk of being negatively affected by potential retaliatory tariffs against American manufacturers in response to President Donald Trump’s levies on imports from other nations.

In a March 11 letter to U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Jamieson Greer, the electric vehicle (EV) maker encouraged the agency to “consider the downstream impacts of certain proposed actions taken to address unfair trade practices.”