ITC investigates new trade benefits for Haitian textile industry

ITC investigates new trade benefits for Haitian textile industry The U.S. International Trade Commission will investigate the effects of new trade benefits for the Haitian textile industry.
   The 2006 Haitian Hemispheric Opportunity through Partnership Encouragement Act (HHOPE) grants U.S. duty-free treatment to imports of qualifying textile and apparel from Haiti, if the president determines that Haiti meets certain requirements outlined in the legislation.
   HHOPE requires the ITC to report to Congress on the effects of the law on trade markets and industries involving textile and apparel in Haiti, the United States, beneficiary countries of the U.S.-Caribbean Basin Trade Preference Act, and countries with which the United States has free trade agreements.
   The ITC will submit its report to Congress by June 20, 2008. The commission will hold a public hearing pertaining to the HHOPE investigation in Washington on Nov. 8, 2007. For more information, access the ITC’s Web site at https://www.usitc.gov.