Amazon says it never planned to display Trump-era tariffs on product pages, disputing a report that drew a sharp response from the White House.
Amazon on Tuesday rejected a Punchbowl News report that it intended to list on its U.S. retail site the added costs of tariffs introduced under President Donald Trump. A company spokesperson said the idea had never been considered for Amazon’s main storefront, although a team operating the low-cost “Amazon Haul” shop had briefly discussed showing import fees on certain items.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said she had spoken with President Trump about the report and quoted him as calling the idea “a hostile and political act by Amazon.” Amazon shares fell about 2.2 percent in pre-market trading after the comments but later recovered.
Since President Trump took office, his administration has applied a series of tariffs on major trading partners, including China. Leavitt pointed to those policies as part of a broader effort to strengthen U.S. supply chains and encourage domestic manufacturing, adding that Americans should “buy American.”
At least 157 people have been killed and hundreds are missing after a massive landslide triggered catastrophic flooding near Nepal’...
Russia and Ukraine have exchanged 10 prisoners of war each in Belarus, Moscow's Human Rights Commissio...
Secretary of State Marco Rubio told allied foreign ministers Washington will focus on sanctions and other pressure on Iran “for the time bein...
Oil prices fell after the U.S. expanded economic sanctions on Iran, as Tehran vowed to retaliate and warned it had tools to respond, raising concerns over potential disruption to regional oil supplies.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio told allied foreign ministers Washington will focus on sanctions and other pressure on Iran “for the time being”, Axios reports. Meanwhile, Iran and Oman have resumed talks on a temporary shipping route through the Strait of Hormuz.
Kyiv has recently received a small number of U.S.-made Patriot interceptors capable of downing Russian ballistic missiles, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said. It comes as Britain and France pledged stronger military support for Ukraine.
At least 157 people have been killed and hundreds are missing after a massive landslide triggered catastrophic flooding near Nepal’s Himalayan border with China’s Tibet region.
Russia and Ukraine have exchanged 10 prisoners of war each in Belarus, Moscow's Human Rights Commissioner, Yana Lantratova, has said.
At least 157 people have been killed and hundreds are missing after a massive landslide triggered catastrophic flooding near Nepal’s Himalayan border with China’s Tibet region.
Russia and Ukraine have exchanged 10 prisoners of war each in Belarus, Moscow's Human Rights Commissioner, Yana Lantratova, has said.
Meta Platforms has agreed to pay up to $16.68 billion and make sweeping changes to Facebook and Instagram to settle claims that its platforms put children and teenagers at risk.
Instagram Chief Adam Mosseri has acknowledged that few teenagers used Instagram’s “Take a Break” feature before it became a default setting, as Meta faces a major U.S. trial over child safety.
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