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Posted on 04/29/2025 10:07:34 AM PDT by bitt
Online retail giant Amazon has come out denying reports that their website will display tariff costs on Chinese imported goods following a dip in share prices and a scathing rebuke from the White House.
This follows a Punchbowl News report stating that Amazon will soon show how much President Trump’s tariffs supposedly add to the price of each product on the website to avoid blame.
The cost of the tariffs will be placed right next to the product’s total listed price.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt responded during a press conference on Monday and slammed the move as a “hostile and political act by Amazon.”
“Why didn’t Amazon do this when the Biden administration hiked inflation to the highest level in 40 years?” she said. She then described the move as “not surprising” as “Amazon has recently partnered with a Chinese propaganda arm.”
“This is another reason why Americans should buy American. We are anchoring critical supply chains here at home to boost our own manufacturing here,” Leavitt added.
Now, Amazon has denied the initial reporting, saying that the consideration was only in place for the Amazon Haul store but not the main retail website.
Per CBS, Amazon's shares dropped by more than 2% following Leavitt's response. The price recovered by noon after reports of their denial at approximately 10 am ET.
“The team that runs our ultra-low-cost Amazon Haul store has considered listing import charges on certain products. This was never a consideration for the main Amazon site, and nothing has been implemented on any Amazon properties,” the company said in a statement, per Washington Post reporter Jeff Stein.
Amazon statement: “The team that runs our ultra low cost Amazon Haul store has considered listing import charges on certain products. This was never a consideration for the main Amazon site and nothing has been implemented on any Amazon properties.”
— Jeff Stein (@JStein_WaPo) April 29, 2025
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Maybe he realized that the move would highlight how much of what he sells comes from Red China.
Too late cancelled my account this morning
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I mentioned that in an earlier thread.
Shoppers prefer to be blissfully ignorant of the sources.
If you highlight it to them with a tariff notification, the backlash might not be against Trump, but against Amazon.
Too bad. I’d like to see taxes itemized on everything I buy.
That’s a shame. I thought for the first time Amazon would clearly identify Made in America products….the only ones with no tariffs
Given the fact that Bozo’s company can’t even deliver half of their ordered products without issues any more, I was wondering how the hell they would be able to accurately reflect the percentage of the price is associated tariffs anyway; more likely, Amazon saw it as an opportunity to jack up prices and blame the Trump administration. It’s not a coincidence that Bozos looks like a rat...
IT IS A REALLY TOUGH TO RUN BACKWARD.
ONLY STEPH CURRY IS AN EXPERT
He must have received my email.
Tempest in a China-made teapot
Almost like a payback mechanism to American citizens - call it the "Bezos Reparations to All Americans Fund".
I was on Chat with them for about 15 minutes asking why their products didn’t reflect tariffs that the USA is charged.
I was hoping they would do this and I buy a bunch of junk on Amazon. I would also like to see all the taxes itemized that were required to produced and transport the product.
Additionally, lets include a line item that shows the cost of regulatory compliance needed to produce the product from start to delivery.
People would quickly see that your $200.00 BBQ actually only cost $30.00 to make and ship, the rest is just government skim.
Too much work ,LOL
I’m fine with Amazon rigorously enforcing the Country-of-Origin information. Then I’ll make my choices.
No problem - just be sure to list all such items in Chinese instead of English.....
“ I was wondering how the hell they would be able to accurately reflect the percentage of the price is associated tariffs …”
Just like most of what the left does, they would probably have just made it up.
Indeed. A tariff is a tax, paid by the customer, on his purchase of imported goods. To the extent that it can be done objectively, all taxes and fees should be itemized. This includes credit-card fees, which several restaurants in my area now itemize. I have seen gasoline pumps on which the taxes per gallon are itemized. Transparency is a good thing; we need more of it.
Good point. Bezos didn’t get where he is by being stupid.
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