Walmart pushes back as Donald Trump demands retailer ‘eat the tariffs’

Walmart has responded to criticism from US President Donald Trump, who publicly demanded that the retail giant absorb the costs of new tariffs rather than pass them on to consumers.

“We have always worked to keep our prices as low as possible, and we won’t stop,” a Walmart spokesperson said in a statement, reported Independent. “We’ll keep prices as low as we can for as long as we can given the reality of small retail margins.”