The White House has described as “Hostile and political act” the possibility of Amazon to break down the impact of prices tariffs Of the products sold through their platform, as American media pointed out on Tuesday, although the multinational founded by Jeff Bezos has denied that he intends to do something like that.
“It is It is a hostile and political act by Amazon. Why didn’t he do it when the BIDEN administration raised inflation at its highest level in 40 years? ” White House Press Secretary, Karoline Leavitt, When questioned about this possibility.
Likewise, the White House spokeswoman added that it would not be a surprise, since Amazon “has been associated with a Chinese propaganda arm“And it is another of the reasons why the US government seeks to relocate critical supply chains in the United States to reinforce the supply chain itself and boost manufacturing in the country.
The website Punchbowl News, Focused on information about the Capitol, he had advanced, citing an unidentified source familiar with the matter, Amazon’s intention to show the impact of the prices of each product, thus detailing the percentage of the price that would correspond to the rates implemented next to the total product cost.
However, Amazon has come to step by ensuring that “he never considered” this possibility for his main website, stressing that it was only an idea of the company of the company’s ultra -cost store, known as Amazon Haul.
“The team that manages our ultra low cost Amazon Haul He considered the idea of showing import positions on certain products, “ The company declared in a statement collected by the chain CNBCwhere he points out that teams constantly discuss ideas, but emphasize that “this was never considered for the Main Amazon website and has not been implemented in any of its properties.” “This was never approved and it will not happen,” the company apostilled.
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