AWI PROGRAMS

Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA)
(Trade Act of 2002)

Under  Trade Adjustment Assistance Reform Act of 2002 (PL 107-210) Section 113, workers may be eligible to apply for TAA services if they were laid off as a result of increased imports or if their companies shifted production out of the United States to certain foreign countries.  Workers laid off as a result of a shift in production to a country that is party to a free trade agreement with the United States, or a country that is named as a beneficiary under the Andean Trade Preference Act, the African Growth and Opportunity Act or the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act, may satisfy certification criteria.

• Countries that have Free Trade Agreements with the United States
  Canada, Jordan, Israel and Mexico

• Andean Trade Preference Act Countries
  Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru

• Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act Countries
  Antigua & Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Belize, British Virgin Islands, Costa Rica, Dominica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panama, St. Kitts & Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Trinidad & Tobago

African Growth and Opportunity Act Countries
Benin, Botswana, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo,
Cote d’Ivoire, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome´ & Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Africa,  Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia

TAA additional program information:

• Calendar
• Certifications
• Complaint Resolution
• Directives - State
• Directives - Federal
• ETPL
• Local Coordinators
• Trade Readjustment Allowances (TRA)
• Trade Act Petition Forms

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