Trump's phone to Bezos
On Tuesday morning Donald Trump He called Jeff Bezos after the news came to him that business considers showingfor what part of the final price of the purchased products are responsible duties. Information on this subject leaked to the media, which the US president was informed by one of the high officials. – He was furious of course. Why does a multimiliard company transfer costs to consumers?- said CNN another White House official.
Amazon's statement
Introduction information About the duties, “never was not considered in relation to the main page of Amazon i has not been implemented In no property of the company, “Amazon spokesman said in a statement sent by CNN. Amazon, however, thought about the introduction of such a mechanism in his side project Haul, where items are sold worth less than 20 dollars. However, the change was not introduced. “We never approved it, It won't happen “ – said the company spokesman. Similar solutions have already been introduced by this and Shein.
White House comment
“Hostile and political play” – This is how the Amazon reported, even before the company's statement, the spokeswoman for the White House Karoline Leavitt on Tuesday's briefing. She added that she had already talked to the president on this subject. Leavitt also cited the Reuters report from 2021 on the alleged cooperation of Amazon with the” Chinese propaganda arm “in order Speeches of the chairman of China XI Jinping on the Chinese version of the website. buy American [towary] and why the states should transfer key supply chains to each other and increase the domestic production“. It should be noted that Leavitt referred to the Reuters' Agency's report, although the White House press office is currently limiting agency services, including Reuters, access to information.
Trump and Bezosa's relationship
This First crack In the relationship of Bezos and Trump, although as you can see, it was quickly repaired. The founder of the Amazon actively worked on this relationship – in October he congratulated the US President winning in the election, he also dined in the White House. Amazon handed over $ 1 million On the inaugural fund of Trump and produces a document about the first lady of Melania Trump. The president, however, just because on Monday in “The Atlantic” He praised the Bezos with the words “it's great.”
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Sources: CNN, Yahoo! News