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Fashion industry advocates weigh in
Industry trade groups in Washington responded quickly to Trump’s Rose Garden announcements—and many bemoaned the impacts the new tariff structure will have on U.S. retail.
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The U.S. Fashion Industry Association (USFIA) said it was “deeply disappointed” by the administration’s decision to impose new duties on imports, saying it would “particularly affect American fashion brands and retailers.”
According to the group, some of the countries targeted with “worst offender” tariffs are major suppliers for American importers and also important customers for U.S.-made exports.
“The fashion industry depends on global supply chains more than perhaps any other sector of manufactured goods. For instance, a bale of cotton might be grown in Texas, shipped to Europe to be spun into yarn, sent to Korea for fabric production, then to Vietnam for garment assembly, and finally to the U.S. for retail sale—back in Texas,” the group said, illustrating the global reach of the fashion supply chain.