• Trade and Globalization Adjustment Assistance Act of 2009 amended provisions of the Trade Act of 1974 Program (Available to Workers Covered by Petitions with Numbers Above 70,000)

    This most recent version of law enhanced the Trade Adjustment Assistance Program (referred to as the TAA Program) helps individuals who become unemployed as a result of increased imports return to suitable employment.

    This law was amended in 1993 to contain special provisions for workers of companies adversely affected by competition from Canada or Mexico, NAFTA/TAA (NAFTA). It was again amended on August 6, 2002 creating the Trade Reform Act of 2002.

    The Trade Act of 1974 established the Trade Adjustment Assistance Program which provides re-employment services

    Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) provides monetary benefits, known as Trade Readjustment Allowances (TRA) to workers whose jobs have been adversely affected by foreign competition. In 1981, the program was amended to require participation in either active job search or training as a condition of the payment of TRA. In 1988 it was again amended to require enrollment in approved training as the only condition under which TRA benefits could be paid (unless approvable training had been previously completed or the enrollment requirement has been temporarily "waived" because training is not currently feasible or appropriate). Other benefits include job search and relocation allowances.

    ALL Services provided under the TAA Trade Program are administered by:

    Department of Career Services (DCS) and

    Department of Unemployment Assistance (DUA)