White House: the announcement of the Amazon rate is “hostile”
The White House responded to the reports that Amazon plans to display the share of the costs of the articles derived from the prices, calling for the “hostile” move.
Washington – Amazon on April 29 refused a report that he planned to list the president’s costs Donald TrumpThe prices next to the total prices of the products after the White House criticized the mega detailing online and Trump called for the founder of Amazon Jeff Bezos.
The confrontation came after Punchbowl NewsQuoting an anonymous source, the purchase site will soon display the share of the cost of a product that derives from Trump massive prices have deployed this month.
“I just won with the president on Amazon’s announcement. This is a hostile and political act of Amazon,” said the White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt during a morning briefing on April 29 with journalists.
After reading Amazon’s reported on the reported plans, Trump called Bezos on the morning of April 29 to complain about this decision, confirmed a senior White House official in USA Today.
But a spokesperson for Amazon Later, the company made the change and said that it explored the idea of its online store for products at reduced prices, AmazonNot Amazon’s full website.
“The team that manages our Amazon Ultra at low cost transport store considered the idea of listing import costs on certain products,” Amazon spokesperson Rachael Lighty said in a statement in USA Today. “It has never been approved and will not happen.”
Trump told his call with Bezos to journalists on Tuesday afternoon and congratulated the founder of Amazon as he left the White House to go to Michigan, where he is ready to organize a rally.
“Jeff Bezos was very nice. He was great. He solved the problem very quickly and he did the right thing,” said Trump. “He’s a good guy.”
Amazon’s efforts to clarify his intentions occurred after the White House had already castigated the second largest retailer in the United States in what seemed to be a growing battle between Trump and Bezos.
“Why did Amazon do this (now) when the Biden administration has increased inflation at the highest level in four years?” Leavitt said, adding that “it’s not really a surprise” because “Amazon has teamed up with a Chinese propaganda arm”.
Leavitt held a Printed copy of a story in 2021 From Reuters who detailed how Amazon complies with an edict of the Chinese government preventing customers from assessing the book published by the government by Chinese President Xi Jinping on the Amazon Chinese website.
Like several other technological billionaires, Bezos sought to arouse the favor of the new administration and met Trump several times since his electoral victory.
Bezos, also owner of the Washington Post, announced before the 2024 presidential election that the newspaper would not approve in the race for the first time in 36 years. Bezos then attended the inauguration of Trump in January and sat with a group of other CEOs of rich technologies behind Trump when he was sworn in.
“I will not talk about the president’s relations with Jeff Bezos,” said Leavitt when a journalist asked if Bezos remains a supporter of Trump.
Amazon and other retailers fiercely oppose Trump universal prices that the president imposed in early April. THE China price rateA large American trading partner is 145% – a significant assessment that economists provide that consumers will be transmitted to consumers.
Starting alongside Leavitt at the White House on April 29, the secretary of the Treasury, Scott Bessent, said that 18 countries had proposed commercial proposals in the United States while the administration is negotiating agreements which could include a drop in prices. He said that Trump’s economic team would continue to meet leaders in these countries in the coming weeks. Bessent has cited progress with India, South Korea and Japan towards potential transactions.
THE The exempt Trump administration Smartphones, computers and other electronics from reciprocal rates, but Trump officials said it was just a temporary break and that products will face new samples when Trump deploys the prices on semiconductors.
Representatives of three best American retailers – Walmart, Target and Home Depot – met Trump in the White House on April 21 to discuss their concerns about Trump’s prices.
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(This story has been updated with more information.)