President Donald Trump’s policies increasing duties and tariffs on products imported from China announced on Wednesday could pose an existential threat to Chinese low-quality, cheap goods shopping sites such as Shein and Temu, experts warned.
Shein, which primarily specializes in inexpensive and poorly made women’s clothing, and Temu, which sells clothing, home goods, and other items of murky origin to Americans, both rely on the use of mobile phone apps to provide instant access to “fast fashion” and rapid consumption for Americas. The extreme discounts are a result of two policies: shipping the products directly from China to the consumer, rather than importing them in large quantities, and — according to Congress and other verifiable sources — the widespread use of slavery in the Chinese manufacturing
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