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.

Tesla, the electric car company run by Elon Musk, said this week that retaliatory tariffs against US manufacturers could harm its operations and that the US should carefully consider its trade policies,

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”.