When the controversial CEO of a global automaker becomes the Best-Friend-in-Chief and helps to define national policy, there might be some bleed-over into conflicts of interest. It seems that China may be betting on exactly that.
Tesla’s Full Self-Driving software has been walking a tightrope in China. With tough-to-solve problems on the road and regulatory hurdles a-plenty, Tesla is anxiously awaiting the greenlight from Chinese regulators to begin testing out its flagship software. But there’s just one issue: China could be preparing to use the approval of FSD as a bargaining chip in the escalating U.S.-China trade war.
