Musk Appeals For $56 Billion Tesla Payday, As Firing Thousands Just Doesn’t Pay Enough In the letter, dated March 11, Tesla called on Greer to “further evaluate domestic supply chain limitations” in an effort to shield US manufacturers from the fallout of the trade conflict.

In an unsigned letter addressed to U.S. trade representative Jamieson Greer, Tesla warned that "U.S. exporters are inherently exposed to disproportionate impacts when other countr