Elon Musk has expressed concern over the lack of reciprocity in the US-China tech relationship, specifically citing the disparity between TikTok's operation in America and X's (formerly Twitter) restriction in China. This rare criticism from Musk, who typically maintains close ties with Chinese officials, comes as President-elect Donald Trump considers extending a deadline for ByteDance to divest from TikTok. Musk, while opposing TikTok's ban on free speech grounds, argues for a more balanced situation.
Elon Musk has objected to a lack of reciprocity in the US-China tech relationship, a rare criticism from the billionaire on issues sensitive to Beijing after US president-elect Donald Trump prepared to offer a reprieve to TikTok on a ban in the US. Musk, who has long sought to maintain close ties with Communist party officials in China, a core market and production centre for his electric-car company Tesla, has for years been careful in his statements about Beijing.
But it highlighted the Tesla chief’s potential conflicts of interest between protecting his business interests in China and serving as a confidant to the incoming president and a government efficiency tsar. Tesla earned almost a quarter of its sales in the third quarter from China and exported even more vehicles from its Shanghai plant to third countries.
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