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White House officials have received a shot of Geoff Bezos and Amazon because of its “hostile and political law” to inform customers of the costs of customs tariffs on their purchases, despite the billionaire technology full of technology that reaches President Donald Trump.
Tuesday, Punchbowl news I stated that Amazon decided to offer the amount of money that Trump’s aggressive tariffs will add to the price of some of its products on its website. The claim that the Amazon denies.
But the news that was reported was smoking the White House, as the press secretary Caroline Levit detonated the reported e -commerce giant.
“This is a hostile and political work by Amazon,” Levitte said. “Why didn’t Amazon do this when the Biden administration raised inflation to the highest level in 40 years?”
Soon after the press, CNN mentioned this Trump called Bezos To complain about this step.
“Of course he was angry,” one of CNN officials said. “Why should a company in billions of dollars transfer costs to consumers?”
Trump announced a comprehensive tariff for each country, at significantly high rates on China, but stopped temporary suspension. Trump said the new fees are necessary to achieve a balance between the American competitiveness in the global economy. However, experts said his plan would increase prices.
Levitt claimed that the news is “not a surprise” and pointed to a December 2021 Reuters reportShe described as “recently reported”, and she said Amazon was “a partnership with the Chinese propaganda arm.”
“That is why another reason that makes Americans buy Americans,” Levitte added.
“The team runs the Amazon Haul store, which is managed by low -cost, is looking at the idea of ​​inserting import fees on some products. This has never been approved and will not happen,” said Tim Doyle, a spokesman for Amazon.
Since winning the elections in November, Bezos seemed to be wearing Trump, which gave his opening fund a million dollars, and he attended Trump’s inauguration and redirecting the editorial department in Washington Post To focus on defending personal freedoms and free markets.
Recently, Trump has described that Bizos and the other billionaire allies were “wonderful”.
But Amazon decisions on pricing as a result of Trump’s definitions, which are not widely popular, may have been strained.
The White House press secretary refused to comment on the current Bizos relationship with Trump, but he stressed that the company’s decision is “hostile and politician.”
Amazon is among the top retailers who are preparing for the impact of definitions. Trump’s tariff is expected to hurt 145 percent on China independent retailers who depend on imports. Nearly 60 percent of Amazon sales come from smaller retailers.
Indeed, some sellers retracted, or hesitate to participate in the “peak day” of Amazon, Reuters mentioned this week.
Trump has been talking to China to reduce some definitions, but so far, no negotiations or advertisement were made.