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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Lauren Aratani in New York

US shoppers feel the heat of Trump’s trade war: ‘the prices are going up’

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Shoppers in Queens, New York, on 3 June 2025. Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty Images

As temperatures soared on a sweltering July day in New York City, shoppers at Queens’s largest mall said they were feeling the heat – of rising prices.

“T-shirts, basic t-shirts, underwear, the basic necessities – the prices are going up,” said Clarence Johnson, 48, who was visiting the Macy’s at the Queen Center mall to pick up shirts he ordered online.

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