Hope Act

Here is a picture of Caracol Industrial park Inauguration. Clinton, Martelly, Preval. The eventual workforce is projected to approach 65,000 in the future at the Industrial Park

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A bill has been introduced to US congress for the expansion of Haitian Hemispheric Opportunity Through Partnership for Encouragement

HOPE II Act likely to extend deadline until 2030

It would certainly be a shame to stop the good work being done by the HOPE II Act project that has already seen to growth of the textile sector in the country. the current deadline for the act is 2018, but Senator Bill Nelson, in US Congress on February 12, introduced the notion of extending the HOPE II Act (Haitian Hemispheric Opportunity Through Partnership for Encouragement, and the HELP Act (Haiti Economic Lift Program), which expires in 2020. Both acts seek to be extended to 2030.

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O this date, October 22' 2012, Cap-Haitian Airport became a truly an international airport when it received for the first time a Boeing. The airplane carried the US Secretary of State, Hillary Clintom with her husband, former us president. Bill Clinton

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Established in 2008 to help Haiti after the devastating 2010 earthquake, the Government of the United States gave Haiti something that other countries would only dream of. It is access to the US market, the biggest in the world. The HOPE Act provides for duty-free access for up to 70 million square meter equivalents (SME) of knit apparel (with some t-shirt and sweatshirt exclusions) and 70 million SMEs of woven apparel from Haiti.
There are some requirements to be qualified under the HOPE Act; however, this is an opportunity that can actually bring economic development for Haiti only if it uses it smartly

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Here is a picture of the United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton during a visit in Haiti in a factory to observe the implementation of several development projects. These projects in the manufacturing industry in Haiti were made possible thanks to the new Haitian Hemispheric Opportunity through Partnership Encouragement Act or the Hope Act.

On 16 December 2006, U.S. Congress voted the "HOPE" Act in an effort to provide economic opportunities to the people of Haiti
One major thing is that the Hope Act opens the doors for Haiti to get free commercial access to the US market without any import tariffs or duties. They are mainly textile products.

As part of HOPE, the Haitian government gave up the rights to control products imported into the country

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Here is a picture of the Caracol Industrial park. Present at the ceremony were US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her husband, former US President Bill Clinton, along with Inter-American Development Bank President Luis Alberto Moreno.

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Here is a picture of Caracol Industrial park at Inauguration when Bill Clinton spoke. In 2012 the Caracol Industrial Park was built on a square mile, 600 acre, 246 hectare, site near Carocol.

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Here is a picture of the entire crowd who was present at Caracol Industrial park Inauguration. Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton, United States Secretary of State, played big roles in supporting and promoting Caracol Industrial Park

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Here is a picture of real activities at Caracol Industrial park Inauguration. Clinton Foundation played a big role with the development of the Caracol Industrial Park, which will create more than 40,000 jobs

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Here is a picture of Michel Martelly and Rene Preval at Caracol Industrial park Inauguration. Rene Preval, Michel Martelly, Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton. The Korean apparel manufacturer Sae-A is to anchor tenant and is responsible to create 20,000 jobs alone

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