As Chinese fast fashion platforms gain pace in North America they look set to hit a familiar snag—worsening US-China relations.
In America, lawmakers and policy boffins are talking up the risks they say are posed by the rapid expansion of e-commerce companies like Shein Group Ltd. and PDD Holdings Inc.’s Temu. China remained America’s largest apparel supplier in 2022, accounting for 21.7% of its clothing imports by value, according to data from the U.S. Office of Textiles and Apparel cited by trade site Just Style.