Trump tariff effect: Tamil Nadu’s apparel hubs are unravelling at the seams

From August 27, the United States has levied a 50% tariff on Indian goods exported to them, disrupting business for thousands of micro, small and medium-scale enterprises in India in sectors such as textiles, garments, and jewellery. M. Soundariya Preetha reports on how America’s tariffs have upended operations in the apparel hubs of Tiruppur and Karur in Tamil Nadu, a major garment-exporting State

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