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Did the Tariffs Work? The Trade War Five Years Later

Money For the Rest of Us

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How Sheyens and Timu Cut Corners to Get Cheap Fashion

Timu is the sister company for a Chinese retail platform that also sells directly to consumers in China called Pinduo Duo. The fashion industry makes up 10% of global carbon emissions, just behind the oil and gas, which is about 15%. American shoppers buy five times more clothing now than they did in 1980,. About 68 garments per year, if not more now, because it's so cheap.

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