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Mona Mashhadi Rajabi, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Technology Sydney

How Trump’s trade war is supercharging the fast fashion industry

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When US President Donald Trump introduced sweeping new tariffs on Chinese imports the goal was to bring manufacturing back to American soil and protect local jobs.

However, this process of re-shoring is complex and requires years of investment and planning – far too slow for the world of ultra-fast fashion, where brands are used to reacting in weeks, not years.

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