While in Spain we tried to heat the food obtaining heat with alternative shapes to electricity, the bosom of the oval office between Donald Trump and Jeff Bezos were more than weed, as counted in Fox News.
The filtration of an internal Amazon report in which the possibility that Jeff Bezos’ online trade giant broke down the impact of tariffs on the Price of each product was considered. The White House reactions soon arrived and Trump himself took the phone to talk to Bezos.
An internal Amazon report. The political fire began after the publication of an internal report by the American media Punchbowl News. In this internal Amazon document, the possibility of detailing in the final price of the products was considered the additional cost derived from tariffs, as is done with taxes or with the shipping cost.
With this movement, the company founded by Jeff Bezos approached the strategy of rivals such as Shein and Temu, which plan to increase the prices of products that are sent to the US as a result of tariffs to China and break down their cost.
The White House draws the artillery. As the BBCthe White House response soon arrived. Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt found Trump’s discomfort in a press conference for the content of the report and described the intentions of the Jeff Bezos company as “a hostile and political act by Amazon.” White House spokeswoman added: “Why didn’t Amazon do this when the Biden administration raised inflation at its highest level in 40 years? This is another reason why Americans should Buy American products.”
Leavitt went a little further in the valuations of the Amazon report, flying a 2021 Reuters publication in which Amazon was accused of aligning with “the arm of the Chinese propaganda” to censor the reviews of the users of a book with the speeches of the Chinese president Xi Jinping.
In an interview with the CNBC, Howard Lutnick, US Secretary of Commerce, described Amazon’s decision as “absurd”. “A 10% tariff will not change virtually any price,” said the universal tariff percentage for all countries. “The only price that would change would be that of a product that we do not produce here, such as the mango,” sliding the head of Commerce by obviating that, according to statista data, 71% of the products that Amazon sells are manufactured in China and support tariffs of up to 145%.
Trump picks up the phone. The alarms for the measure planning to apply Amazon reached the Oval Office, where Trump took the phone to speak personally with Jeff Bezos and make him give up his intention, despite the fact that the millionaire is no longer official CEO of the company.
According to subsequent statements by Donald Trump, Bezos would have agreed not to move on with that average. “Jeff Bezos was very kind. He was fantastic. He solved the problem very fast. He did the right thing. He is a good person,” the US president praised, according to the Washington Post. The rapid rectification of Jeff Bezos does not surprise anyone, especially taking into account the efforts of the millionaire to entertain Trump, with millionaire donations for his investiture and dictating the editorial line of his newspaper.
Amazon fell. Just after that call between Donald Trump and Jeff Bezos, Amazon defended himself from his social networks ensuring that the published information were only ideas and considerations of a work document of the team that manages the Amazon Haul store in which low -cost products manufactured in China are sold. That makes its products especially susceptible to tariffs. However, the company emphasizes that “this was never considered for the main page of Amazon and nothing has been implemented in any of its properties.”
Subsequently to the call, the White House spokeswoman, Karoline Leavitt, reduced the intensity of her words to Jeff Bezos and Amazon, stating that “I will not talk about the president’s relationships with Jeff Bezos.” Relationships that, on the other hand, have been maintained with a certain degree of tension since Trump’s first mandate in Amazon’s postal rates.
Amazon actions down. After the Government’s reaction before the Amazon report, the response of the investors was to drop the company’s shares in 2.3% due to the fear of reprisals against the company by the Trump administration.
Once the spirits were calmed, the company’s actions regained confidence returning to its previous market price to continue normally.
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