What is Trade Adjustment Assistance (TRA)?
Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) and Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance (ATAA) programs assist workers who have become unemployed as a result of increased imports from, or shifts in production to, foreign countries. The goal of the Trade Act programs is to help trade-affected workers return to suitable employment as quickly as possible. TAA-certified workers may access services that include income support, relocation allowances, job-search allowances, and a health-coverage tax credit. TAA participants that require retraining in order to obtain suitable employment may receive occupational training if determined eligible. TAA services may be expanded to secondary workers of businesses or suppliers to the primary company, firm or petitioning workers who filed the TAA petition.
