Amazon Doesn’t Want You to Know How Much the Trade War Costs
After President Trump complained to Jeff Bezos, the e-commerce giant said it had no plans for tariff transparency.
Tariffs should be listed like any other tax.
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It was a very strange Tuesday for Amazon. This morning, Punchbowl News reported that the e-commerce giant was planning to display the cost of President Donald Trump’s tariffs on products adjacent to the listing. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt called it “a hostile and political act.” But by the afternoon, Amazon spokesperson Tim Doyle said the plan “was never approved and is not going to happen.” Sometime in between all that, the president personally called Jeff Bezos to complain.