Tariffs will make sneakers, jeans and almost everything Americans wear cost more, trade groups warn
Sending children back to school in new sneakers, jeans and T-shirts is likely to cost US families significantly more this fall if the bespoke tariffs President Donald Trump put on leading exporters take effect as planned, American industry groups warn.
About 97 per cent of the clothes and shoes purchased in the US are imported, predominantly from Asia, the American Apparel & Footwear Association said, citing its most recent data.
Walmart, Gap Inc., Lululemon and Nike are a few of the companies that have a majority of their clothing made in Asian countries.
A worker sews a garment at Pro Sports factory in Nam Dinh province, Vietnam (AP)
Those same garment-making hubs took a big hit under the president's plan to punish individual countries for trade imbalances.
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