US President Donald Trump has emphasized that his customs policy, which influences global trade and supply chains in various industries and financial markets, aims to promote and support the local production of top technology and defense goods, but not the production of consumer goods such as T-shirts or gymnastics shoes.
In conversation with reporter: Inside the Air Force One in New Jersey last Sunday, Trump said that he “tends to agree to Minister Scott Besset’s comments” that the United States does not necessarily have to bring textile production back.
“To be honest, I am not interested in making T-shirts. I am not interested in making socks. We can do that very well at other locations,” said Trump, according to a report by the Reuters news agency. “We want to make military equipment. We want to do big things. We want to do AI. We want to make chips and computers and many other things, as well as tanks and ships.”
His comments have caused reactions and criticism from American manufacturers, textile organizations and producers: inside of fibers, yarns and other woven fabrics. Among them was the American Apparel & Footwear Association (Aafa), which emphasized that additional tariffs would only negatively influence the industry.
“Since 97 percent of the clothes and shoes we wear are imported, and clothing and shoes are already the industries occupied with the highest tariffs in the United States, we have to concentrate on reasonable solutions that can make a difference,” said Steve Lamar, the President of the AAFA, in one statement. “More tariffs mean only higher input costs for US manufacturers: inside and higher prices that will harm consumers: in the inside with lower incomes.”
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