[20070119]RS21839_海地纺织业：拟议贸易援助的影响.pdf

1 CIA, The World Factbook, https:/www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/rankorder/2004rank.html.2 United Nations Industrial Development Organization, International Comparisons of IndustrialPerformance http:/www.unido.org/data/Country/stats/StaTableA.cfm?c=HAI.3 The World Bank, Haiti at a Glance, August 12, 2006 http:/devdata.worldbank.org/AAG/hti_aag.pdf.4 For more on Haiti, see CRS Report RL32294, Haiti: Developments and U.S. Policy Since 1991and Current Congressional Concerns, by Maureen Taft-Morales.Order Code RS21839Updated January 19, 2007Haitian Textile Industry: Impact of Proposed Trade AssistanceBernard A. GelbSpecialist in Industry EconomicsResources, Science, and Industry DivisionSummaryHaiti suffers from extreme poverty, political unrest, insecurity, high illiteracy, anderoding natural resources, among other problems. These factors contribute to low levelsof business investment, impeding development and leading to economic decline. In aneffort to improve Haitis economic conditions, Congress has been considering and, inlate 2006, passed legislation that (a) loosens existing restrictions on the origins of thecomponents of apparel sewn together in Haiti and exported to the