Elon Musk says he wants 'zero' tariffs between the US and Europe
Source: Business Insider
Apr 5, 2025, 2:29 PM ET
Elon Musk on Saturday said he'd like to see a "zero-tariff" system between the United States and Europe, days after President Donald Trump implemented baseline "reciprocal" tariffs on dozens of trading partners.
"I hope it's agreed that both Europe and the United States should move ideally, in my view, to a zero-tariff situation, effectively creating a free trade zone between Europe and North America," Musk told Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini virtually at a meeting of Italy's League Party. "That's what I hope occurs."
Under Trump's latest tariff plan, which he announced this week on what he called "Liberation Day," the European Union, which includes Italy, will be subject to a 20% tariff rate.
Musk has been one of the most consequential figures of Trump's second term with his plethora of cost-cutting efforts tied to the White House DOGE office.
Read more: https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-zero-tariffs-united-states-europe-free-trade-2025-4

lonely bird
(2,243 posts)Confiscate his assets.
Cancel his citizenship since he was here illegally originally.
Deport his ass to I dont care where.
CountAllVotes
(21,677 posts)Is toxic, a poison.
Just kick his Nazi ass OUT of the USA now!!!!
dem4decades
(12,638 posts)ananda
(31,517 posts)Too fuckin bad.
GreenWave
(11,066 posts)highplainsdem
(55,439 posts)thesquanderer
(12,567 posts)Tarzanrock
(701 posts)What iceberg? There never was an iceberg. Fake news! Rearrange the ship's deck chairs. Fuck the elderly, the women and the children! Lifeboats are only for the rich and the ship's captain! All "animals" are equal but "pigs" are more equal.
Tanuki
(15,803 posts)I don't think he's capable of actual remorse in the moral sense, but it's dawning on him that he is alienating a lot of potential customers and markets and stands to personally lose more billions.
Keepthesoulalive
(1,172 posts)Aww suffer.
delisen
(6,932 posts)Ugh they are so toxic they have to be bathed in bleach here in the US before they hit the markets.
Might be better to get my protein from earthworms.
Maybe going vegan like Senator Booker is the best course of action. He certainly exhibited a lot of strength recently.
IronLionZion
(48,495 posts)
wolfie001
(4,608 posts)MAGA jackasses
Montauk6
(9,013 posts)Bernardo de La Paz
(54,741 posts)DrFunkenstein
(8,768 posts)He's not even bothering with dog whistles.
IronLionZion
(48,495 posts)I guess Europe isn't too excited to buy from Tesla and Starlink these days.
Is ketamine imported?
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(121,672 posts)travelingthrulife
(2,070 posts)Both groups are toxic.
DetlefK
(16,632 posts)Elmo is pissed that his company pays tariff on their own component that they produce.
travelingthrulife
(2,070 posts)globe? These are people who have supposedly run businesses.
wolfie001
(4,608 posts)We all "get it" E=LOON
Miguelito Loveless
(4,904 posts)Monster, Dr. Frankenstein.
Bengus81
(8,693 posts)maxsolomon
(36,333 posts)He knows this is all a shakedown.