Donald Trump news and archive

Fashion in the news: did our fashion sense elect Donald Trump?

Every Friday, FashionUnited selects the most interesting reads about the fashion industry published across US news outlets. Here’s what you may have missed: This week was shaken by the news that Cambridge Analytica may have used Facebook users’ fashion preferences to send them pro-Trump messages during the 2016 presidential campaign in the US....

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Ivanka Trump ends namesake label

Ivanka Trump, fashion entrepreneur and First Daughter of the United States, will be shutting down her eponymous label. The news was first reported by The Wall Street Journal. Trump originally stepped away from the brand in January 2017 when her father, Donald Trump, was set to become President of the United States. Prior to the negative...

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Everyone Loses in a Tariff War

As of June 22, 2018, the European Commission imposed temporary twenty-five percent ad valorem tariffs on certain goods originating in the United States and imported into the European Union. The list of goods affected by these tariffs includes cosmetic preparations, t-shirts, trousers, denim, and footwear, among others. This measure was in direct...

Business

New EU tariffs targets US fashion imports

The European Union's retaliatory tariffs on US imports have come into force, including 25 percent duty on various fashion items including denim and cotton clothing, as part of the escalating trade war with the US following Donald Trump imposing tariffs on steel and aluminium imports from the EU. The new tariffs from the EU will hit a range of...

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Made-in-USA apparel machinery spared from Trump's tariffs

As Donald Trump proceeds with his potential trade war with China after the 50 billion dollars in tariffs he slapped on them, the U.S. apparel and manufacturing industry is breathing a sigh of relief because thankfully the actual shirts and shoes imported from China won't be subject to the tariffs. However, that doesn't mean economists and...

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Ivanka Trump wins 13 trademarks in China

The first daughter of the United States role in the White House has been a turbulent one to say the least, however, all is not lost for Ivanka Trump it seems. She recently won 13 new trademarks in China over the last three months for items including everything from books to pillows as reported by Fortune. An additional eight trademarks have...

Business

Bezos tops Forbes World's Rich List as Trump's wealth drops

Amazon chief Jeff Bezos is now the world's richest person, having snatched the top spot from Microsoft founder Bill Gates who slips to second place, according to Forbes magazine's annual billionaires list published Tuesday. US President Donald Trump's ranking on the list fell to 766th place from 544th in the last edition, his wealth now being...

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Patagonia to sue President Trump to protect public lands

London - Anyone paying a visit to Patagonia's website will be greeted with a chilling message: 'The President Stole Your Land.' The lifestyle brand has threaten to take legal action against President Donald Trump and his adminstration after plans to drastically reduce the size of two national monuments in the United States were announced....

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Patagonia to fight President Trump on protecting national lands

California-based retailer Patagonia is starting the new fashion revolution against President Donald Trump. The outdoors-influenced lifestyle brand is prepared to sue the White House in an effort to keep national monuments and public lands protected. The high-end retailer has publicly stated its distaste for President Trump, insisting that he...

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President Trump negatively impacts American brand perception in China

In an era where brand perception is everything, protecting the image of national brands would appear to be a top priority for President Trump, who campaigned heavily for 'America first.' Yet 41.2 percent of Chinese consumers have a more negative view of the US following Trump's first month as President. 50.7 percent of consumers held a neutral...

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What Donald Trump Can Learn from LVMH’s Bernard Arnault

“What I love is to win. What I love is being number one…Business is very exciting. That moment when you’re about to do a huge deal and you’re not sure if it’s going to happen or not…” You might think these words were lifted straight out of Trump’s 1987 book “The Art of the Deal” but they were spoken by Bernard Arnault in a 2015 interview with...

Business

Trump ends the Trans-Pacific Partnership – how this would affect the fashion industry?

During his first working day as the new president of the United States, Donald Trump called it a day for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a trading agreement that included 11 countries in the Asia-Pacific area, excluding China. Trump’s stance on trade has put a strain on his relations with the fashion industry, particularly with trade...