Price hike on Shein? How Trump tariffs could shift the US’s love of fast fashion

Trump ended the de-minimis' rule while launching a trade war with China - which will make retail giants such as Temu more expensive, experts say

After a chaotic week of flip-flopping tariff policies, cheap clothes from China are nearly certain to face a steep price hike soon - prompting concern among fast fashion retailers and potentially pushing consumers to look for other alternatives.

As part of a package of global tariff policies announced on liberation day" last week, Donald Trump signed an executive order that ended a duty-free exemption for low-priced goods to enter the US from China and Hong Kong. Known as the de-minimis" rule, packages under $800 do not qualify for any taxes or tariffs on the goods and are inspected minimally at the border.