Policy Chapters and Sections

Trade Adjustment Assistance

Chapter: 11 Section:
Effective Date: 7/19/2016
Expiration Date: Continuing
Published Date: 7/22/2021 1:40:31 PM
Status: Current
Version: 1

Tags: TAA

The Trade Adjustment Assistance Program (TAA or Trade Program) is a federal entitlement program that assists U.S.  Workers who have lost or may lose their jobs as a result of foreign trade. This program seeks to provide adversely affected workers with opportunities to obtain the skills, credentials, resources, and support necessary to become reemployed  including job training, income support, job search and relocation allowances, a tax credit to help pay the costs of health insurance, and a wage subsidy to workers fifty (50) years of age and older.

The Trade Act of 1974, P.L. 93-618, has been amended four times since its enactment in January 1975 and has resulted in major changes to the Trade Adjustment Assistance for Workers program (TAA).

Chapter 11 discusses the Trade Adjustment Assistance Program, including participant eligibility, operating instructions, grant administration and reporting, performance reporting and submission procedures for the Participant Individual Record Layout (PIRL), and performance measures.