How Trump’s sudden tariff policy changes are affecting one small clothing manufacturer in New York City: ‘Everyone’s terrified’
It’s a Thursday afternoon in New York and Pauline Lock has a problem. At the apparel factory she runs on West 36th Street, she’s storing hundreds of crisp cotton button-down blouses—a seasonal must-have—that are almost finished except for some critical details: The shirts’ buttons are stuck somewhere on their journey from China, and Lock is … Read more