What It Would Take to Rebuild US Textile Manufacturing | Robert Antoshak

Tariffs are changing the economics of textile and apparel sourcing, while companies are spreading production to places such as Vietnam, Mexico, and other markets. China is no longer the same default it once was. But does that mean textile manufacturing is actually moving in a lasting way?

The answer is more complicated than comparing tariff rates or factory wages. Cost still matters, but other parts of the production structure can change the calculation when companies decide where to invest and source.

Robert Antoshak, managing partner at Gherzi Americas, has spent more than four decades across the textile and apparel supply chain. He joins us to explain what country-of-origin labels do and do not tell you, and what a competitive U.S. textile industry could realistically look like now.

Views expressed in this video are the opinions of the host and the guest and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Epoch Times.