All USMCA-compliant goods, which includes textiles and apparel, will be exempt from the tariff hike imposed on Canada and Mexico for at least a month, according to Washington.
On 6 March, President Donald Trump signed an executive order which would see most goods imported from Mexico and some from Canada exempted from his trade tariff regime for four weeks.
The tariff suspension will cover about half of imports from Mexico and about 38% from Canada.
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Julie Hughes, told Just Style the industry was suffering the effects of “tariff whiplash” – when tariffs are announced and then revised and maybe paused — which she said “sends a terrible message to the business community.”
“It undercuts confidence and the ability to plan, whether you make autos or computers or fashion. This action also ignores the fact that not all products with US inputs can meet the tough rules of origin for USMCA. We still are hurting apparel made with US cotton or US fabrics that use specialty yarns. We hope the Administration will see that tariffs are not the solution to every problem.”