(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – September 17, 2018 – Rick Helfenbein, president and CEO of the American Apparel & Footwear Association, questioned President Trump’s decision to move forward with a 10% tariff on approximately $200 billion worth of U.S. imports from China, including many consumer goods, such as backpacks, handbags, purses, wallets, baseball...
Sep 21, 2018
(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – September 13, 2018 – The American Apparel & Footwear Association commended President Trump after he signed the Miscellaneous Tariff Bill (MTB) Act of 2018 into law today. The move will temporarily reduce or eliminate duties on U.S. imports of important inputs for domestic manufacturing and specific finished products that are...
Sep 14, 2018
US industry on Wednesday ratcheted up its opposition to President Donald Trump's trade wars, announcing the start of an election-season campaign against tariffs and promising a multi-pronged blitz of events and advertising. With mid-term elections less than two months away, the campaign also comes as the Trump administration has announced...
Sep 13, 2018
(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – September 4, 2018 – Following the passage of the U.S. Senate’s version of the Miscellaneous Tariff Bill (MTB) Act of 2018 in the House of Representatives, American Apparel & Footwear Association President and CEO Rick Helfenbein congratulated the bill’s sponsors and encouraged President Donald Trump to sign the bill into law...
Sep 6, 2018
(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – American Apparel & Footwear Association President and CEO Rick Helfenbein applauded the announcement that the U.S. and EU will hold talks to “work toward zero tariffs, zero non-tariff barriers, and zero subsidies,” as announced by President Donald Trump during a joint press conference today with President Jean-Claude...
Jul 26, 2018
As the China-US trade war rages, a factory set amid corn and mulberry fields in central China stitches together US and "Trump 2020" flags -- and business is good. The US and China have slapped tariffs on billions of dollars worth of each other's goods, but there is little evidence of the dispute at the Jiahao Flag Company in Anhui province....
Jul 16, 2018
The US has announced a trade war on China. Should those in Europe or the rest of the world care? The answer is a deciding yes. For luxury companies, who have a global supply chain that is widely spread across international markets, any barriers to the movement of goods could be detrimental. On a consumer level, think about the jeans and t-shirts...
Jul 6, 2018
It looks like Walmart has stirred the ire of some of their more conservative, Trump loving customers. The retailer is facing backlash over selling an “Impeach 45” T-shirt on their website from third-party sellers. The shirts, which come in several shades, a baby onesie, and even a frisbee, have sent Trump’s supporters into a frenzy on his...
Jul 3, 2018
Paris fashion stood up for press freedom Saturday with two brands linking up with the New York Times to show their unease at Donald Trump's attacks on the media. Japanese brand Sacai and French label Etudes used slogans from the newspaper's "The Truth is Hard" advertising campaign on their clothes in their men's winter collections. Sacai...
Jan 22, 2018
At least one Trump is good for business: American fashion may be keen to distance itself from the US first family, but Shanghai-based label Taoray Wang is proudly standing by the president's youngest daughter. Tiffany Trump, 23, now enrolled in law school at Georgetown University down the road from daddy's office at the White House, sat front...
Sep 11, 2017
