Nobody is demanding any fees.

Of course you sign a contract when doing business. It's like that in any market economy.

What's peculiar about Sweden is how that extends to the labor market. So instead of commercial civil law you have contract law. That's the only difference.

Tesla can either negotiate a contract and do business, or exit the market. They are free to do either.

What seemingly confuses people is that Tesla is not breaking any civil law. Only contract law, which the market has organized around, and which it is free to refuse their business about.

Because in Sweden it’s not the government that micromanages the job market, it’s the industry and the unions that does so together, so paying taxes is irrelevant.

> extortion fees

They have options of course:

1) Stop doing business in Sweden.

2) Sign a collective labor agreement that ensure worker's rights just as every other company that operates in Sweden.

Just because you pay something, it does not give you free reign to go against the local customs and traditions. Go to a cinema, buy a ticket and be loud and obnoxious; see how fast they throw you out, regardless of having paid. Its not illegal to be obnoxious, but it is frowned upon.