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Peer-to-peer Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA)

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Peer-to-peer Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA)

The Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) program, first established in 1974, helps workers who have lost their jobs as a result of foreign trade to quickly rejoin the workforce

Benefits offered by the program

The program offers a variety of benefits including, but not limited to:
• Job training
• Income Support (TRA)
• Job Search and relocation allowances
• A tax credit to help with the costs of health insurance (HCTC
• A wage supplement to certain reemployment trade-affected workers that are at least 50 years of age or older (RTAA)

These reemployment services are designed to provide customers with the means necessary to attain competitive and marketable skills for today’s increasingly competitive work environment

To learn more about these or to request technical assistance:

Additional Resources

Open PDF file, 270.81 KB, Trade Act of 1974 (English, PDF 270.81 KB)

Open PDF file, 411.42 KB, Trade Reauthorization Act of 2015 (English, PDF 411.42 KB)

Open PPT file, 9.66 MB, Trade Program in Massachusetts PowerPoint Presentation (English, PPT 9.66 MB)

Open PDF file, 331.95 KB, Trade Booklet (English, PDF 331.95 KB)

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