Only three days after President Trump announced sweeping tariffs, including a 20 percent tariff on goods from the European Union, Elon Musk said that he hoped that Europe and the United States would move “to a zero-tariff situation, effectively creating a free-trade zone,” the New York Times reports.
Earlier, Musk had taken a very public swipe at Peter Navarro, one of Trump’s most ardently protectionist advisers when it comes to trade policy.