{"id":30270,"date":"2025-05-03T05:58:16","date_gmt":"2025-05-03T03:58:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/?p=30270"},"modified":"2025-05-03T05:58:18","modified_gmt":"2025-05-03T03:58:18","slug":"amazon-will-not-disclose-us-tariffs-cost-on-its-website","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2025\/05\/amazon-will-not-disclose-us-tariffs-cost-on-its-website\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon Will Not Disclose US Tariffs Cost on Its Website"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>B2 &#8211; Upper Intermediate<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There were talks that Amazon would display the costs of the US tariffs on its products on their website.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, Amazon has denied this and said that they never considered listing tariffs on their main retail website, but did on their low-cost Amazon Haul Store. They considered the idea, but it was never approved and implemented in the end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Watch this video about Amazon and US tariffs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Amazon denies it planned to disclose cost of US tariffs on its website | REUTERS\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EXJQoxqAWUM?wmode=transparent&amp;rel=0&amp;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Vocabulary Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Define \u201c<strong>on-shoring<\/strong>\u201d. &#8220;<em>It\u2019s another reason why we are <\/em><strong><em>on-shoring<\/em><\/strong><em> critical supply chains here at home to shore up our own critical supply chain and boost our own manufacturing here.<\/em>&#8221; Use this word in a sentence.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What does \u201c<strong>duty<\/strong>\u201d mean here, \u201c<em>This month, Trump signed an executive order that closes a trade loophole that has allowed low-value packages from China and Hong Kong to enter the United States free of <\/em><strong><em>duties<\/em><\/strong><em>.\u201d?<\/em> Use this word in a sentence.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What does \u201c<strong>to trade near flat<\/strong>\u201d mean? \u201c<em>The comments by the White House sent Amazon shares down more than 2% in pre-market trading, but they rebounded and <strong>were<\/strong> <\/em><strong><em>trading near flat<\/em><\/strong><em> by midday.\u201d?<\/em> Use this phrase in a sentence.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Discussion Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>How is Amazon affected by the growing political and trade tensions between the US and China?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Amazon decided not to display the costs of tariffs on products on its website. 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