Amazon Considered Displaying Tariff Charges on Its Ultracheap ‘Haul’ Site - WSJ


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Amazon considered showing the impact of tariffs on prices at checkout on its Haul website.

President Trump contacted Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.

The White House deemed displaying tariffs a "hostile and political act."

Amazon clarified that the plan was never approved and won't be implemented.

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Amazon.com AMZN -0.17%decrease; red down pointing triangle was forced to play down a report that it was considering displaying the impact of tariffs during its online checkout process after President Trump called company founder Jeff Bezos and the White House said such a move would be “a hostile and political act.”The e-commerce giant said Tuesday it had considered displaying how much import charges would increase prices on its ultracheap shopping website Haul, but said the idea “was never approved and is not going to happen.”

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