USA. Jeff Bezos canceled plans to display customs costs in Amazon after Donald Trump's phone call

The Punchbowl News portal reported that Amazon planned to introduce changes to showing what part of the price of the offered products are the duties introduced by Donald Trump. The president said he had a “good conversation” with the head of Amazon Jeff Bezos, and he “did the right thing” and “solved the problem.”

Donald Trump He said on Tuesday that he had a “good conversation” with the president of Amazon Jeff Bezos and is glad that the billionaire “solved the problem of” plans to display costs imposed by the President at the prices of products in Amazon.

– Jeff Bezos He is very nice. A great guest. He solved the problem very quickly. He did the right thing – Trump told journalists before departure in Michigan.

In this way, the president commented on reports that Amazon gave up plans to display customs costs at the prices of products sold on the platform.

Punchbowl News: Amazon considered disclosure of customs costs

On Tuesday morning, the Punchbowl News portal reported that the e-commerce giant planned to introduce changes to showing what part of the price of the offered products are the customs introduced by Trump. When asked about this, a spokeswoman for the White House condemned these plans as a “political and hostile act”.

A few hours later, the company announced that it did not intend to implement this plan, because it was only a proposal considered by the Amazon Haul team, the Amazon e-store offering the cheapest goods below $ 20.

The founder and president of Amazon Jeff Bezos – who resigned from the position of the director, but retained the function of “executive president” of the company – was in the past criticized by Trump, among others for the activities of “Washington Post”, which is the property of the billionaire.

During the election campaign, however, Bezos took steps to approach Trump, affecting the editorial line of the journal, as well as, among others, paying the president's inaugural committee. The former world of the world was also one of the guests of honor at the inauguration of Trump.

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