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Amazon backs away from plan to display tariff costs as Trump calls Bezos over "hostile" act


Amazon said it was considering the idea of listing import charges for certain products sold on its Haul spinoff site, which sells items for under $20, thereby...

Amazon said it was considering the idea of listing import charges for certain products sold on its Haul spinoff site, which sells items for under $20, thereby showing customers exactly how much more they would be paying because of the tariffs. Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt called the move "a hostile and political act," asking "Why didn't Amazon do this when the Biden administration hiked inflation to the highest level in 40 years?" CNBC reports that Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick repeated the statement, claiming that if a company goes out of its way to "make it seem" like tariffs have caused prices to change, this is a hostile act.

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