Clothing companies fear Trump tariffs will leave them worse for wear

TORONTO — When Nina Kharey wakes every morning, the first thing she does is search online for U.S. President Donald Trump in hopes that the global trade war he sparked is dissipating. Most of the time, her hunt ends in disappointment. “It’s a lot of uncertainty at the moment,” said Kharey, a Calgary-based designer who runs luxury womenswear line Nonie and workwear brand Folds. “I wake up every day right now with anxiety.” The refrain is similar across the fashion industry because of its global nature: material, buttons, zippers and more often zig-zag across tariff-targeted Asia before being turned into…