Tesla CEO Elon Musk will attend the groundbreaking ceremony for the Tesla Shanghai Gigafactory on January 7, 2019 in Shanghai, China. Ally Song | Reuters Tesla is one of the hundreds of auto industry players seeking extended tariff exemptions on parts and materials imported from China used in the manufacture or repair of automobiles from US trade officials. Supply chain issues have contributed to the soaring prices of new and used cars in the United States imposed during the Trump administration’s trade war with China-especially the temporary exclusion of some of these tariffs in 2020. It has contributed to these…