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White House blasts Amazon over tariff cost report: 'Hostile and political act' (www.cnbc.com)

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The White House slammed Amazon for reportedly planning to display the cost of Trump’s tariffs next to the total price of products on its site.
“This is hostile and political act by Amazon,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said at a press briefing with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.
Shares of the retail giant founded by Jeff Bezos dropped in premarket trading following the remarks.
About 70% of products sold by the company are made in China. Trump slapped tariffs as high as 145% on imports from that country.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Don't lots of places in the US show the full breakdown of takes on every receipt? I remember that from travelling through some south western states...