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Amazon Slammed by White House for Plan to Show Tariff-Related Price Hikes on Its Platform
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Amazon initially considered displaying the extra cost of tariffs next to the listed price of products, but the company denied having such a plan after facing backlash from the White House. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt described the plan as a "hostile and political act" by Amazon, which led to criticism from President Trump.
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Jeff Bezos was very nice. He was terrific. He solved the problem very quickly, and he did the right thing.
I will not speak to the president's relationships with Jeff Bezos.
This is another reason why Americans should buy American.
Why didn't Amazon do this when the Biden administration hiked inflation to the highest level in 40 years?
The team that runs our ultra-low-cost Amazon Haul store considered the idea of listing import charges on certain products. This was never approved and is not going to happen.
Trump's tariffs
- Trump threatens 50% tariffs on EU and 25% on iPhones if not made in the US
- Donald Trump Orders Retailers to Absorb Tariffs, Rules Out Price Hikes for Consumers
- Donald Trump Announces 90-Day Tariff Reduction with China
sources
- 1.BBC
- 2.France 24
- 3.Al Jazeera
- 4.The Guardian
- 5.The Times of India
- 6.The Times
- 7.ABC News (Australia)
- 8.CBS News
- 9.Fox News
- 10.Punchbowl News
- 11.Agence France-Presse
- 12.CNN
perspectives
- 1.US under Donald Trump
- 2.Chinese Foreign Policy
- 3.US-China Relations
- 4.Immigration to the US
- 5.US Economy
- 6.Inflation
- 7.Trade Agreement
- 8.World Economy
- 9.US-India relations
- 10.Mexico under Claudia Sheinbaum
- 11.US-EU relations
- 12.United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement
countries
organizations
- 1.White House
- 2.Temu
- 3.Amazon.com
- 4.Shein
- 5.YouGov UK
- 6.Punchbowl
- 7.UPS