Elon Musk has bet Tesla's future on autonomy, and China sees that as a point of leverage in negotiations over tariffs.

Tesla is currently prevented from solving Full self driving in China because the Chinese government does not allow them to send driving video out of China and

Tesla is likely to import cars from its German factory and will skip shipping them from China in view of concerns raised by govt.As it prepares to begin sales in India - initially through the import route and thereafter through local manufacturing - the electric carmaker is now being approached by a host of state govts for setting up

Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) braces for potential delays in obtaining the necessary approval for its Full Self-Driving (FSD) technology in China, primarily due to escalating Sino-American trade tensions. The Chinese authorities could use the approval as a bargaining chip in trade negotiations with Trump,