HOPE for Haitian Prosperity Act of 2025

The HOPE for Haitian Prosperity Act of 2025 seeks to reshape how Haiti participates in the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (CBERA). It tightens and expands labor-standards enforcement for Haitian goods benefiting from preferential duty treatment, while also extending and broadening the duration and scope of those preferences through 2037. In addition, the bill creates a new U.S.-led technical assistance program to help increase and diversify Haiti’s exports to the United States, with explicit involvement from Haitian government agencies, workers, unions, and trade-support institutions. Overall, the measure aims to advance labor protections and working conditions in Haiti, improve Haiti’s export capacity, and bolster U.S. engagement in Haiti’s economic development. Key parts include (1) new provisions for reviewing producer compliance with core labor standards and Haitian labor laws, (2) enhanced compliance monitoring and potential suspension or withdrawal of preferential treatment if assistance or compliance is lacking, (3) expansion and alignment of the duty-preference program to include safe and healthy working environments and longer timeframes for meeting requirements, (4) annual rather than biennial compliance assessments, and (5) a comprehensive technical-assistance and reporting program coordinated by the United States Trade Representative (USTR) with the International Trade Center, Haitian stakeholders, and U.S. Congress.