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Fortune
Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez

Despite Elon Musk’s close ties to Trump, Tesla’s CFO admits the president’s tariffs plan would ‘have an impact on our business and profitability’

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  • Even though CEO Elon Musk is in Trump’s inner circle, Tesla CFO Vaibhav Taneja said Wednesday that the EV maker could be affected by tariffs imposed by Trump. 

Just because Elon Musk is Donald Trump’s “first buddy” doesn’t mean his EV company won’t be hurt by the president’s policies, according to Tesla’s CFO.

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