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Canada vs Elon Musk: Targeting the world’s richest man has its risks and rewards

As Canada and the U.S. careened toward a trade war this past weekend, Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, found himself in the crosshairs.

First, Liberal leadership candidate Chrystia Freeland proposed slapping 100 per cent tariffs on cars made by Tesla Inc., Musk’s electric vehicle company. “We need to be very targeted, very surgical and precise. We need to look through and say who is supporting Trump and … make them pay,” she said in an interview with The Canadian Press.

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