Haiti Economic Lift Program Act

… Trade.gov technical confirmation of 180-day duty refund filing window and HOPE/HELP program structure. BTI 2026 Country Report for Haiti current systematic assessment of business environment, institutional capacity, land registry absence, and entrepr …

… for families inside Haiti; the Senate has not acted on H.R. 1689. The HOPE/HELP Act expires 31 December 2026 with no enacted renewal legislation; the garment sector, Haiti's largest formal private employer, faces immediate tariff exposure begi …

… remittance flows that underpin household survival across Haiti. The HOPE/HELP Act expires December 31 with no long-term renewal confirmed, placing Haiti's garment sector on a structural cliff coinciding with the first-round election date. Th …

… 2026). www.internationaltradecompliance.com; www.ghy.com gedeth.com HOPE/HELP program history and June 2026 status analysis; World Bank CPF coverage. www.gedeth.com Bertelsmann Stiftung Transformation Index (BTI) 2026 Haiti Country Report: busi …

… preferences was deliberately constructed through the HOPE Act of 2006 and HELP Act of 2010 as a post-earthquake stabilization mechanism. The structural logic was that preferential access would generate employment, foreign exchange, and a priv …

… LOPMENT 4: HOPE/HELP EXPIRATION AND THE ECONOMIC CLIFF ANALYTICAL BODY The HOPE/HELP Act preferential trade access for Haiti expires December 31, 2026. Congress extended the preferences retroactively through end-2026 as part of a broader one-point …

… assessment that international partners have not publicly addressed. The HOPE/HELP Act trade preference cliff presents a parallel but structurally distinct economic risk. The HOPE and HELP trade programs, which provide duty-free access to the U.S …

… duty-free Haitian apparel access. 2027 STRUCTURAL OUTLOOK: If both the HOPE/HELP program lapses and the remittance tax is enacted, Haiti's two largest formal economic stabilizers export manufacturing and household remittance income would be simul …