Haiti–US Trade: HOPE/HELP Expiration Could Endanger Thousands of Jobs

For nearly two decades, the United States provided Haiti with a lifeline: duty-free textile imports that attracted American clothing manufacturers and created tens of thousands of jobs in the poorest country of the Western Hemisphere.

Roberson Alphonse
02 Oct 2025 — Lecture : 6 min.

For nearly two decades, the United States provided Haiti with a lifeline: duty-free textile imports that attracted American clothing manufacturers and created tens of thousands of jobs in the poorest country of the Western Hemisphere. On Wednesday, that lifeline disappeared, according to a Wall Street Journal article.

The expiration of the HOPE/HELP trade program is expected to wipe out what remains of Haiti’s largest industry, which accounted for 90% of the country’s exports, in a nation plagued by gang warfar

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