Experts say, the textile sector and the apparel market of Pakistan may suffer in the long term if the ongoing global trade war, between China and the US, continues further. It may cause a rise in the cost of production and raw material in developing countries, which in turn could cause inflation and threaten the global economic recovery. As trade declines and output falls, it may result in lower wages and unemployment. The trade war is taking place at a time when global investors are also nervous regarding the post-Brexit UK and EU trade negotiations, it is therefore to reduce trade between UK and its trading partners could decline. Additionally, other advanced economies can also step up protectionism and start making foreign imports more expensive through tariffs, para-tariffs and non-tariff barriers. This will hurt the decade-long efforts of trying to revive a more liberal trade regime and save multilateralism.