Tell Congress to Support Haitian Exports to the US

Te-Ping Chen
Te-Ping Chen
Washington, DC, United StatesCreated February 18, 2010

Tell Congress to Support Haitian Exports to the US

Washington, DC, United States
Created February 18, 2010

The Issue

Thanks in part to favorable U.S. trade policy, the Haitian garment manufacturing industry currently employs 8% of the country's formal labor force. The HOPE program and Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act, which support duty-free entry of Haitian apparel into the U.S. market, are a vital part of that success. 

But one key provision will expire in September, and others need to be renewed. 

Take action to support S. 2978, the Renewing Hope for Haiti Act. The bill will extend favorable trade preferences for Haiti and help rebuild Haiti's garment industry, which was badly damaged in the Jan. 12 quake.

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Te-Ping ChenPetition StarterTe-Ping is an editor at <a href='http://Change.org'>Change.org</a>. In recent years, her writing has appeared in outlets that include the Nation Magazine, the American Prospect, the South China Morning Post magazine, Le Soir, and <a href='http://Slate.com'>Slate.com</a>. She is a U.S. Truman Scholar whose work has shared awards from the Overseas Press Club and Investigative Reporters and Editors.
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The Issue

Thanks in part to favorable U.S. trade policy, the Haitian garment manufacturing industry currently employs 8% of the country's formal labor force. The HOPE program and Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act, which support duty-free entry of Haitian apparel into the U.S. market, are a vital part of that success. 

But one key provision will expire in September, and others need to be renewed. 

Take action to support S. 2978, the Renewing Hope for Haiti Act. The bill will extend favorable trade preferences for Haiti and help rebuild Haiti's garment industry, which was badly damaged in the Jan. 12 quake.

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Te-Ping ChenPetition StarterTe-Ping is an editor at <a href='http://Change.org'>Change.org</a>. In recent years, her writing has appeared in outlets that include the Nation Magazine, the American Prospect, the South China Morning Post magazine, Le Soir, and <a href='http://Slate.com'>Slate.com</a>. She is a U.S. Truman Scholar whose work has shared awards from the Overseas Press Club and Investigative Reporters and Editors.
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