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Car tariffs more proof that Trump’s new world order is coming

Just two weeks after the US president bought a Tesla from Elon Musk’s electric vehicle maker, he hit the products coming out of its factories.

Mar 27, 2025 – 10.12am

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Tariff Man giveth, Tariff Man taketh away – even for his best mates.

Just two weeks after US President Donald Trump bought a Tesla from Elon Musk’s electric vehicle maker, he hit the cars and car parts coming out of Tesla’s factories in Europe and Asia and being sold into the US with a new sales tax. That came when he finally confirmed on Wednesday night (Thursday AEDT) a 25 per cent tariff on cars made outside America.

James Thomson is senior Chanticleer columnist based in Melbourne. He was the Companies editor and editor of BRW Magazine.