🇺🇸🇨🇳 Elon told Chinese state media that the U.S. and China are locked together. “The reality is that China and the U.S. have a tremendous number of interdependencies.” He said slicing all trade apart would be like cutting conjoined twins that share one body. He wants the 2 sid
Why now
Thesis: Musk urges free trade amid decoupling trend
Catalyst to watch: Actual US-China tariff or export decisions
Main risk: CEO opinion carries no policy weight
Why it matters
Musk arguing US-China interdependence pushes back on decoupling, a mild counterweight to tariff escalation.
Details
🇺🇸🇨🇳 Elon told Chinese state media that the U.S. and China are locked together. “The reality is that China and the U.S. have a tremendous number of interdependencies.” He said slicing all trade apart would be like cutting conjoined twins that share one body. He wants the 2 sides as close to free trade as they can get, because both lose if they stop swapping what each does best. He is saying that in the same week, Xi is in Washington and Elon is on the dinner list. The factories and parts lists are the real timetable. Writer: Lucas https://t.co/a2BPNxPxxU
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- x · 2026-09-24 03:15 UTC