Trump Tariffs

Just because I know you'll never come back to update your propaganda...

According to Amazon

Amazon (AMZN) is denying reports that it will display the impact of tariffs next to the price of products on its e-commerce site, which drew the ire of the Trump administration on Tuesday.

"The team that runs our ultra low cost Amazon Haul store considered the idea of listing import charges on certain products," Amazon spokesperson Tim Doyle said in a statement. "This was never approved and is not going to happen.”

Amazon can't even get on the same page with their own media company 

@BigGame90

 Do you think that highlighting the tariff cost would have Americans purchase more Made in America products?

I saw a blouse from China/TEMU for $22 but the tariff cost was an additional $37.

@Midnight1

I think trying to show any tAriFf cost would be absolutely ridiculous. Did businesses show additional inflation prices as inflation was hitting decades high during Bidens term? Inflation is basically a tax just like a tariff. Where do you draw the line?

 Do you think highlighting the inflation costs would have stopped people from purchasing items during Bidens term? If you didn't know that shirt was originally $22.00 how would you know the tariff made it $37.00? Why does a seller have to pass the tariff tax onto the consumer? Why can't the business eat the cost? Why can't the importer and exporter both agree to eat the tariff tax and take a hit as to not pass the cost onto the consumer? Why can't all three eat the cost? There is no solid answer that says any tariff NEEDs to be passed on to the consumer. Tariffs have been around in the past, why would anyone suddenly want to show the additional cost?

For what it's worth, the train cars coming into NY from Canada have slowed to a trickle.  To be fair you have to understand the push to get as much as possible over by the deadline was massive.  It's all aluminum, wood, and fuel cars now.  So yes, the story is not much is crossing but the supply stock will control that in the short time frame.  There is a ton of log trucks that head north thru NY to Canada and not all that wood you see on trains coming back is from Canada grown lumber.  all the plywood and pressure treated stuff

More countries require Ebay and other online markets to list cost of tariffs.  Paying tariffs in advance can avoid extra delivery fees.  Knowing the full price is important for buyer decision.

@thirdperson

 Did Ebay also require sellers to list inflation prices when the economy shut down and inflation picked up?