For the textile subcontracting industry, it is one minute to midnight. The HOPE/HELP Act expires on September 25, 2025. If it is not renewed by the U.S. Congress, some companies—lacking new orders from major buyers such as Target or Walmart—could shut down, lay off thousands of employees, and move their facilities and operations out of Haiti. The country, which since 2018 has run on self-sabotage of its economy, sector by sector, between episodes of peyi lòk and gang dominance, could soon be left with, among other things, a white elephant: the Caracol Industrial Park, the flagship post-2010 investment with $250 million from the IDB and $100 million from USAID.

The effort of explanation and persuasion in favor of renewing the HOPE/HELP Act, launched four years ago, continues in Washington. The large delegation, made up of Haitian officials, Haitian, Dominican, and South Korean investors, is fully aware of the urgency of renewal and the terrible consequences for Haiti if the measure is not extended. From September 8 to 11, 2025, the delegation began a series of meetings in Washington with U.S. lawmakers, congressional staff, and U.S. officials to push for the renewal of what is deemed “indispensable for the Haitian economy.”