[20150127]IF10109_工人贸易调整援助（TAA）.pdf

www.crs.gov | 7-5700 January 27, 2015Trade Adjustment Assistance for Workers (TAA) Overview and Current Status TAA is a program that provides federal assistance to dislocated workers who have been adversely affected by international trade. Its primary benefits are funding for retraining and weekly income support payments while affected workers are enrolled in retraining. Rationale. Reduced barriers to international trade are widely acknowledged to offer net benefits by expanding market access, but they may adversely affect domestic industries and workers that face increased competition. TAA is designed to help trade-affected workers adjust to dislocation resulting from trade liberalization. Eligibility. A group of workers (most frequently employees at a single employer) must apply to the Department of Labor (DOL) to establish that international competition “contributed importantly” to their job loss. After DOL certifies the petition as meeting the statutory requirements, individual workers covered by that petition receive benefits through state workforce systems and state unemployment insurance agencies. Last reauthorization. Congress last reauthorized TAA under the Trade Adjustme