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Why Fashion Is Becoming a Major Flashpoint in US-China Tensions

This week, US lawmakers ratcheted up pressure on some of the industry’s biggest names as the relationship between Beijing and Washington continues to deteriorate.
An employee in a blue uniform pushes a trolley filled with spools of cotton yarn through a factory.
An employee works at a cotton mill in Xinjiang. Cotton supply from the region has become a flashpoint in the increasingly tense political relationship between the US and China. (CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images)

For decades, Chinese manufacturing has underpinned America’s apparel industry. But those once vital trade links are increasingly becoming a liability.

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