This Week’s Takeaway
Trade developments create sourcing value only when they change what you can import, what it costs, or how reliably you can meet the rules. The extension of AGOA and Haiti’s HOPE/HELP programs provides greater certainty for qualifying products through 2028. By contrast, CBP’s proposed disclosure changes and four pending CAFTA-DR fabric requests remain unresolved, so their practical effects are not yet known.
For you, the priority is to plan around benefits already secured while monitoring proposals that could change documentation requirements or material options.