The White House comes out in “hostile and political action by the Amazon”

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The White House criticized what was called “hostile and political law by Amazon” after a report claimed that the technology giant was planning to display the prices caused by Donald Trump’s tariff for its products.

The story reported by the Punchbowl News said on Tuesday that the e -commerce giant “soon” showcases the impact of fees on the “price of each product”.

“Why didn’t Amazon do this when the Biden administration raised inflation to the highest level in 40 years?” White House press secretary Caroline Levit said on Tuesday.

She added that it was “not a surprise” that Amazon would take such a step.

However, the Seattle -taken group later showed that such a step was only considered to the goods that are sold via a low -cost transport platform.

Amazon said: “The team that runs the Amazon Maidan store in Amazon looked at the inclusion of import fees on certain products,” said Amazon. “This was never from Amazon’s main website and nothing was implemented on any Amazon properties.”

“This has never been approved and will not happen,” the company added.

Amazon Founder Jeff Bezos has fixed relations with Trump, who once criticized him as a “threat to democracy” but who was attended by the second this year.

During his first term, Trump criticized a lot in Bezos, describing him as “Jeff Bozo” and accusing the billionaire of buying the Washington Post to secure “political influence until Amazon benefits.”

But the relationship between the two men has improved since then, as Bezos Trump meets several times last year.

Amazon donated $ 1 million to the Trump opening fund and paid $ 40 million to Melania Trump’s documentary. Nearly $ 28 million of this amount will go directly to the first lady, according to several people who are familiar with this issue.

Levitt’s condemnation of the “hostile” law for Amazon comes after Trump said about Bezos in an interview with the Atlantic published this week: “It was 100 percent. It was great.”

Amazon’s Haul Platform sells cheap consumer goods that are charged directly from Chinese warehouses to take advantage of the obligatory exemptions known as minimal rules, a loophole that will be closed by the White House from May 2.

Trump has announced this month of highly “mutual” definitions of dozens of American commercial partners, which led to a decline in global markets. However, he later began negotiations with many countries with the aim of lowering their prices.