Trade talks between the two largest economies in the world were "extremely good," said US President Donald Trump on Friday. It is possible that the deadline for negotiations on possible tariffs between the USA and China, which has only been valid until March 1, would be extended.

However, the US carmaker Tesla does not want to settle for an amicable solution in the trade dispute between the countries - and has sent a "Bloomberg" report, according to the last minute or more cargo ships on the Pacific in the direction of China.

For days Tesla had previously delivered to Pier 80 in the Port of San Francisco gradually a lot of Model 3 cars, reported the news agency "Bloomberg". At least three ships, each two football-long, had been set up to bring the valuable cargo of company chief Elon Musk to China before the end of the month.

A ship has probably reached Tianjin

If both sides in the dispute do not agree, on 1 March tariffs on Chinese imports worth $ 200 billion to 25 percent. The day ends with a 90-day "truce". Trump is bothered by the high US deficit in trade with China - and accuses the People's Republic of unfair trade practices and theft of intellectual property. China denies this.

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One of the ships, the "Glovis Symphony", according to "Bloomberg" has now moored in the port of Tianjin and should call on Wednesday, the metropolis of Shanghai. Two more freighters, the "Morning Cindy" and the "Emerald Ace" should reach China on 19 or 24 February. If everything works as planned.

But in the long term, that's not a solution. In Shanghai, Tesla therefore started construction of its largest plant outside the US in January. According to the company, the factory is expected to be in production by the end of the year, with production of the first Model 3 cars scheduled for the summer.

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Elon Musk at the start of construction for a factory in China

For example, the US company intends to secure long-term access to the huge Chinese market in the trade dispute - and transportation by sea is also expensive. In future, both the cars and the batteries required for the electric drive will be manufactured in the new plant - because of this combination Tesla calls these production facilities "Gigafabriken".