Trade Barriers on Second-Hand Clothing Disrupt a Globally Significant Reverse Supply Chain

Trade Barriers on Second-Hand Clothing Disrupt a Globally Significant Reverse Supply Chain
For smarter, fairer, more circular global systems If unfair trade barriers persist, there's the risk of seeing mountains of usable clothing pile up in the US, while markets abroad fill the gap with cheap, low-quality fast fashion that often results in more waste, not less. Keeping the second-hand clothing trade flowing freely is in everyone’s best interest: economically, socially, and environmentally. This is a moment to build smarter, fairer, and more circular global systems, not to shut them down. SMART