US rejects Tesla's bid for tariff exemption for Model 3 'brain'

U.S. trade officials rejected Tesla's bid for relief from President Donald Trump's 25% tariffs on the Chinese-made computer "brain" of its Model 3 electric vehicle.

Tesla has a separate pending tariff exclusion request for duties on the Chinese-made Model 3 Center Screen. According to documents filed by U.S. Trade Representative's office and reviewed by Reuters, Tesla's and other tariff exclusion requests for Chinese-made products from aircraft parts to biotechnology instruments were all denied because they were deemed "strategically important" to the "Made in China 2025" program.

The company, in a securities filing on Monday, said that "our costs for producing our vehicles in the U.S. have also been affected by import duties on certain components sourced from China."

This isn’t hurting China, only us. We’d be better off with trade policies written by children.

With all the tax breaks Tesla they should try to do business in America

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