It could set the industry back 50 years: fashion braces for impact of Trump tariffs

First it was steel producers. Then automobiles. Now the fashion industry has been left reeling from Donald Trump's announcement on Wednesday that he was imposing tariffs on more than 180 countries including severe levies aimed at some of fashion's biggest manufacturing regions. Trump's "liberation day" tariffs included a 10% duty on all imports to the US but "worst offender" countries - those with whom America has bigger trade deficits - face a higher rate. Several of these are key to fashion's supply chains. China, where everyone from Prada to Zara outsource production, faces a 54% duty. Vietnam, where more than…