Amazon Considered Displaying Tariff Charges on Its Ultracheap ‘Haul’ Site - WSJ


Amazon abandoned plans to display tariff charges on its Haul website after President Trump's intervention and White House objections.
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Amazon.com AMZN -0.17%decrease; red down pointing triangle was forced to play down a report that it was considering displaying the impact of tariffs during its online checkout process after President Trump called company founder Jeff Bezos and the White House said such a move would be “a hostile and political act.”The e-commerce giant said Tuesday it had considered displaying how much import charges would increase prices on its ultracheap shopping website Haul, but said the idea “was never approved and is not going to happen.”

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