Tariffs will have an outsized impact on the apparel industry. It won’t be easy to move clothing assembly — or the manufacturing of fabric, buttons and zippers — to the U.S.

The administration moved to block off a popular tariff-free path for Chinese apparel coming into the United States, and added stiff levies on electric vehicles, solar panels and other products.

The industry supplies low-cost clothing to the United States, and is a crucial part of the Asian countries’ economies. By Mujib MashalPamodi Waravita and Saif Hasnat Reporting from New Delhi ...