Suppliers' margins are already razor thin due to Walmart procuring goods cheaply in order to maintain its competitive advantage.

A former Kentucky political candidate's claim that Walmart cut all food prices to "pre-inflation" rates during Donald Trump's first month as U.S. president is inaccurate, the American retailer has said.

Walmart is reportedly pushing its Chinese suppliers to absorb the costs of U.S. tariffs. Bloomberg, citing anonymous sources familiar with the matter, said the retail giant has requested significant price cuts – up to 10% – from manufacturers in China to mitigate the impact of President Donald Trump’s tariffs.