A call was enough

While in Spain we tried to heat the food obtaining heat with shapes Alternatives to electricitythe bosom of the Oval Office between Donald Trump and Jeff Bezos were more than warm, as they counted in Fox News.

The filtration of an internal Amazon report in which the possibility that the giant of the Jeff Bezos online trade Draw the impact of tariffs on the price of each product. White House reactions soon arrived and the own Trump off the phone To talk to Bezos.

An internal Amazon report. The political fire began after the Publication of an internal report by the American environment 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 as Shein and Temuwhich are planned to increase the prices of products that are sent to the US as a result of tariffs to China and break up your cost.

The White House draws the artillery. Such and As you collect 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 publication of 2021 Reuters in which Amazon was accused of aligning with “the Chinese propaganda arm” to censor the reviews of the users of a book with the speeches of 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 did not produce here, such as the mango,” the person in charge of trade slid that, According to data Statista, 71% of the products that Amazon sells They are manufactured in China and support tariffs up to 145%.

Trump picks up the phone. The alarms for the measure planned to apply Amazon reached the oval office, where Trump He picked up the phone To speak personally with Jeff Bezos and make him give up his intention, despite the fact that the millionaire is no longer the 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 friendly. He was fantastic. He solved the problem very fast. He did the right thing. He is a good person,” the US president praised, as he collected he Washington Post. The rapid rectification of Jeff Bezos does not surprise anyone, especially taking into account the Millionaire’s efforts to entertain Trump, with millionaire donations For your investiture and dictating the your newspaper editorial line.

Amazon reculates. Just after that call between Donald Trump and Jeff Bezos, Amazon defended himself From your social networks ensuring that the information published were only ideas and considerations of a working document of the team that manages the Amazon Haul store in which they are sold low -cost products manufactured in China. That makes your products especially tariff susceptible. 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 for the Amazon postal rates.

Amazon actions down. After the government’s reaction before the Amazon report, the response of investors It was dropping In 2.3% the shares of the company 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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