At a White House press briefing, Stephen Miller was asked about the tiff between Amazon and President Trump over putting tariff price costs on items.
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00:00This administration has stressed the need for price transparency for things like health care bills and concert tickets.
00:08So why is it a political and hostile act for Amazon to display price transparency on consumer goods?
00:16Well, I think that's the wrong way of looking at it, which is why would, first of all, that proposal is gone now,
00:20but why would Amazon, of all the different things that go into a theoretical price input, right?
00:25For example, does Amazon list the cost of California's regulations on everything made in California?
00:31Anything you make in California, you have a massive price increase because of the health care regulations that are unworkable in that state,
00:38because of the labor regulations that are unworkable in that state, because of the subsidies that go to illegal aliens in that state,
00:43because of all the bureaucracy.
00:45So anything being produced in California has a massive built-in price hike.
00:49So why wouldn't Amazon have a list saying if you purchase it in California instead of in Alabama, this is the premium that you pay?
00:55This is a clear attempt by whoever proposed it originally.
00:59I don't know, because Amazon says they were never going to do it, to try to undermine our trade negotiations with China.
01:08I'll make another important point in this, which is that there's been many complaints about the fact that there are a lot of products that are sold on Amazon
01:15that are actually ripoffs of American products that are then stolen by China,
01:20and then they take RIP and they put them into products to try to undersell our manufacturer.
01:23So to the extent that we are engaged in labeling issues on Amazon, I would say that would be the most significant one to fix,
01:28is making sure we're not undercutting American consumers.
01:30And then one on Abrego Garcia.
01:32Thank you very much for watching.
01:46Bye.