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WASHINGTON ― Amazon on Tuesday denied a report that it planned to list the costs of President Donald Trump's tariffs next to total prices of products after the White House slammed the mega online retailer and Trump made a call to Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.
The clash came after PunchBowl News, citing an unnamed source, reported the shopping site will soon display the share of a product's cost that is derived from massive tariffs Trump rolled out this month.
"I just got off the phone with the president about the Amazon announcement. This is a hostile and political act by Amazon," White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said at an April 29 morning briefing with reporters.
Upon reading about Amazon's reported plans, Trump called Bezos on Tuesday morning to object, a senior White House official confirmed to USA TODAY.
But a spokeswoman of Amazon later denied the company is making the change and said it was only exploring the idea for its online shop for discounted goods, Amazon Haul, not the full Amazon website.
“The team that runs our ultra low cost Amazon Haul store considered the idea of listing import charges on certain products," Amazon spokeswoman Rachael Lighty said in statement to USA TODAY. "This was never approved and is not going to happen."
WASHINGTON ― Amazon on Tuesday denied a report that it planned to list the costs of President Donald Trump's tariffs next to total prices of products after the White House slammed the mega online retailer and Trump made a call to Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.
The clash came after PunchBowl News, citing an unnamed source, reported the shopping site will soon display the share of a product's cost that is derived from massive tariffs Trump rolled out this month.
"I just got off the phone with the president about the Amazon announcement. This is a hostile and political act by Amazon," White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said at an April 29 morning briefing with reporters.
Upon reading about Amazon's reported plans, Trump called Bezos on Tuesday morning to object, a senior White House official confirmed to USA TODAY.
But a spokeswoman of Amazon later denied the company is making the change and said it was only exploring the idea for its online shop for discounted goods, Amazon Haul, not the full Amazon website.
“The team that runs our ultra low cost Amazon Haul store considered the idea of listing import charges on certain products," Amazon spokeswoman Rachael Lighty said in statement to USA TODAY. "This was never approved and is not going to happen."