Amazon Surveys Merchants On Tariff Impact As Trump’s Trade Policy Disrupts Marketplace

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Amazon is surveying third-party merchants about how Trump’s new tariffs are affecting their businesses, according to an internal email viewed by CNBC. The company's seller relations team contacted U.S. merchants to assess how current U.S. tariffs affect their sourcing, pricing, logistics, and warehouse shipping plans. Tariffs on Chinese goods pose a major challenge for millions of businesses that depend on Amazon’s third-party marketplace and source products from China. These sellers now represent about 60% of all items sold on Amazon.

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00:00It's Benzinga bringing Wall Street to Main Street.

00:02Amazon is surveying third-party merchants about how Trump's new tariffs are affecting their

00:07businesses, according to an internal email viewed by CNBC. The company's seller relations team

00:12contacted U.S. merchants to assess how current U.S. tariffs are affecting their sourcing,

00:17pricing, logistics, and warehouse shipping plans. Tariffs on Chinese goods pose a major

00:22challenge for millions of businesses that depend on Amazon's third-party marketplace

00:26and source products from China. These sellers now represent about 60% of all items sold on Amazon.

00:33For all things money, visit Benzinga.com slash GSTV.

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