US Reduces Garment Imports From China, Benefiting Other Asian Nations

Trade wars and the CCP’s human rights violations contribute to the slump, with experts watching how Trump’s new tenure will affect it further.

Workers produce garments at a textile factory that supplies clothes to fast fashion e-commerce company Shein in Guangzhou in southern China's Guangdong Province on June 11, 2024. Jade Gao/AFP via Getty Images

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Beijing’s lead in apparel exports to the United States has been reduced in favor of other Asian nations, with experts attributing the decline to the U.S.–China trade war and a growing international awareness of the Chinese regime’s human rights abuses, among other factors.