Fashion
USTR tariffs put $333 bn apparel sourcing at risk
The US apparel sector just got a court victory that feels less like relief and more like a warning. On May *, the Court of International Trade ruled President Trump’s ** per cent Section *** global import surcharge unlawful, but the block was narrow: relief applies to two importers and Washington state, not every apparel entry moving through US ports. The duty may be wounded; sourcing risk is not.
The larger signal is what comes next. After the Supreme Court struck down the administration’s IEEPA tariff authority in February, the White House moved to Section *** as a ***-day bridge ending July **, unless Congress extends it. Now The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) is building a more targeted Section *** record on ‘structural excess capacity’ across ** economies. For apparel, this is not a side issue. It is the sourcing map.