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Fortune
Dave Smith, Jason Del Rey

Amazon pours cold water on report saying it will show how tariffs affect each product's price: 'Never a consideration for the main Amazon site'

Karoline Leavitt holds up a picture of Jeff Bezos (Credit: Andrew Harnik—Getty Images)
  • Amazon told Fortune it denies a report saying it would start showing how much Trump’s tariffs affect the price of each product it sells. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt slammed Amazon over the reported plan earlier Tuesday, calling it a “hostile and political act.” Amazon said the idea was only ever considered for the low-cost Amazon Haul section of the site and won't be implemented.

The White House is coming down on Amazon over a Tuesday report from Punchbowl News that claimed the world’s largest online retailer will start showing how much Trump’s tariffs affect the price of each product. Amazon, however, says the report was inaccurate and "never a consideration for the main Amazon site."

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