HOPE for Haitian Prosperity Act of 2025

This bill updates U.S. trade rules for Haiti. It extends Haiti’s special access to the U.S. market, so more Haitian-made goods can keep entering with lower or no import taxes for many additional years, and it adjusts several program rules under the Caribbean Basin law . It also lets any interested party ask for a review of specific factories in Haiti to check if they follow core labor standards and Haiti’s own wage and hour laws. Certain checks would happen every year instead of every two years, with a clear focus on minimum wages and hours of work.

The bill directs the U.S. Trade Representative to provide technical help so Haiti can grow and diversify what it sells to the United States. The help would prioritize things like agricultural processing, improving the apparel sector’s competitiveness and labor compliance, and strengthening key services that support exports. It must be designed with input from Haiti’s government, employers, workers, unions, and trade groups, and include yearly reports on progress .

• Who is affected: Haitian workers and businesses; U.S. trade officials; and, indirectly, U.S. importers and consumers who buy Haitian goods .
• What changes: Longer-lasting trade benefits for Haiti; a way to request factory-by-factory labor reviews; moving some reviews to an annual schedule; and a new technical assistance program with clear priorities and reporting .
• When: The bill extends timelines in several parts of the program by adding more one-year periods, and it changes reviews from every two years to every year in certain sections.