The United States Fashion Industry Association (USFIA) has joined a national campaign aimed at opposing tariffs and highlighting the benefits of international trade to the US economy.
In an announcement, USFIA said it has joined Americans for Free Trade, a multi-industry coalition of which 80 organisations – including the American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) and the American Association of Exporters and Importers (AAEI) – are already members.
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“The fashion industry is pleased to join with a wide range of industries and organisations across the country to fight the proposed tariffs, which will amount to an additional tax on consumers and limit consumer choices,” said USFIA president Julia Hughes. “As we explained to the Trump Administration last week, the proposed additional 25% duties on consumer products will not achieve the stated goal of eliminating China’s troublesome intellectual property and technology transfer practices.
“Furthermore, the tariffs will harm American consumers at all income levels—from the single parent struggling to make ends meet as they purchase back-to-school necessities for their kids, to the consumer of high-end fashion manufactured in the United States, and every American family in between—by imposing a substantial regressive tax on basic household purchases of clothing, footwear, back-to-school items, and home goods.”
Founded in 1989, USFIA works to eliminate tariff and non-tariff barriers that impede the fashion industry’s ability to trade freely and create jobs in the United States. Today, it represents brands, retailers, importers, and wholesalers based in the United States and doing business globally.
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