New Delhi, May 6 -- US President Donald Trump confirmed he personally called Amazon's Jeff Bezos to oppose plans to list tariff-related surcharges on products, claiming the move was reversed after their conversation. Trump defended his tariff policy as an incentive for US manufacturing and hinted he may call out more CEOs if their actions harm the country.

Asked in NBC News interview, if he would reach out to other corporate leaders in similar situations, Trump replied: "Sure. I'll always call people if I disagree with them."

He added, "If I think that somebody's doing something that's incorrect, wrong or maybe hurtful to the country, I'll call. Wouldn't you want me to call? [President Joe] Biden wouldn't call because he didn't know wha...