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Good afternoon. Today is Tuesday, April 29th, and I'm your host, Kim Khan. Our top story so far,

companies looking to break out costs of tariffs for their customers could face the ire of the White House.

Amazon was forced to deny something it hadn't even announced after a strong rebuke from

the White House on the very idea that it would list the cost of tariffs with products,

much like many companies do with sales tax.

Here's what went down.

Punchball News said in its AM newsletter that Amazon would soon show how much Trump's tariffs

are adding to the price of each

product. Punchball cited a person familiar with the plan. Later, White House press secretary

Caroline Levitt told reporters at a briefing that she had discussed Amazon with Trump. This is a hostile

and political act by Amazon. Why didn't Amazon do this when the Biden administration hiked

inflation to the highest

level in 40 years, she said? She added the move was, quote, not a surprise, unquote, and cited a

Reuters story from December 2021 that said Amazon had partnered with a Chinese propaganda arm.

Following the briefing, Amazon went all mission impossible and disavowed all knowledge.

As always, should you or any of your IM force be caught or killed, the secretary will disavow any knowledge of your actions.

This tape will self-destruct in five seconds.

The team that runs our ultra-low-cost Amazon Hall Store has considered listing import charges on certain products. This was never a consideration

for the main Amazon site, and nothing has been implemented on any Amazon properties, the company

said. Now, CNN reports that President Donald Trump called Amazon founder Jeff Bezos to complain

about the Punchable News report, arguing that a multi-billion dollar company shouldn't be passing

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