The letter reflects comments by many U.S. businesses concerned by Trump's tariffs, and is notable because it is from Tesla. It is not clear who wrote the letter, which is unsigned but is on company letterhead.

In an unsigned letter to the Donald Trump-led administration, his ally Elon Musk's Tesla has cautioned that the US President's trade war could expose the automaker to retaliatory tariffs and increase the cost of making electric vehicles in America.

Elon Musk’s business wrote a letter to the administration, which was unsigned because “nobody at the company wants to be fired for sending it”.