LA CROSSE, Wisconsin — Billionaire Mark Cuban chided fellow billionaire and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Thursday (Oct 17) for his proposal to issue fresh tariffs on most Chinese goods, arguing it will be Americans who will pay the bill, not the Chinese.

Cuban appeared with Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris in Wisconsin on Thursday and is set to hold a town hall for her on Saturday in Phoenix before heading to Michigan.

He wasn't the only billionaire on the campaign trail: Tesla CEO Elon Musk was in Pennsylvania on Thursday mobilising Trump voters ahead of Election Day on Nov 5.

Trump's plan to impose fresh tariffs on up to 60 per cent of goods from China in a bid to boost US manufacturing is a "crazy notion" that will punish consumers who will end up paying the bill, Cuban said.

"This man has so little understanding of tariffs, he thinks that China pays for that. This is the same guy who also thought that Mexico would pay for the wall," Cuban said.

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