Susan Scafidi, director of the Fashion Law Institute at Fordham Law, was quoted in Crains New York about how the garment industry is being affected by the current trade war between the United States and China.
“We would have to rebuild a vast infrastructure and find people who actually want to sit at sewing machines, which would require a dramatic increase in immigration,” said Susan Scafidi, director of the Fashion Law Institute at Fordham Law School. “People who are born in the U.S. typically don’t aspire to work in garment factories.”
She added that it was possible other countries, including Mexico, could expand their manufacturing capacity, but those changes would take a lot more time to put in place than a trade deal.
For now some fashion companies are simply looking to manage their business in the short term.