Amazon.com 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.

Amazon, the e-commerce retailer, backed down from potentially displaying “import charges” on its websites after President Donald Trump called founder Jeff Bezos on Tuesday morning to complain. A source familiar with the phone call told the Washington Examiner that Trump and Bezos spoke after the president was informed about a report from Punchbowl News that

Amazon said on Tuesday its low-cost Haul unit had considered listing import charges for goods in light of new U.S. tariffs but denied looking at such a plan for its main website, after the White House accused it of a hostile political act.