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By summer coronavirus will cause sourcing problems in fashion

German exports are growing internationally, but the coronavirus is dampening the mood within the fashion industry. Sourcing bottlenecks in China are causing delivery delays and delivery dates are being postponed. Until summer, the whole supply chain will work relatively normal, but the autumn/winter 2020/21 season will be fully affected by the...

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New EU tariffs targets US fashion imports

The European Union's retaliatory tariffs on US imports have come into force, including 25 percent duty on various fashion items including denim and cotton clothing, as part of the escalating trade war with the US following Donald Trump imposing tariffs on steel and aluminium imports from the EU. The new tariffs from the EU will hit a range of...