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Trade Adjustment Assistance: Assistance provided by
the Departments of Labor and Commerce to workers and firms that are adversely
affected by increased imports. The Labor Department administers a program
offering certified workers cash benefits for direct trade readjustment
allowances and service benefits that include allocations for job search,
relocation, and training. The Department of Commerce sponsors programs that
provide technical services to certified firms designed to restore the economic
viability of U.S. industries adversely affected by international import
competition. This assistance is authorized by subchapter II of the
Trade Act of 1974. The Act was amended most recently in
1993, when "transitional" assistance was approved for workers affected by
increased imports from Canada or Mexico or by shifts of U.S. production to those
countries as a result of the North American Free Trade Agreement
(NAFTA). Authority to extend trade adjustment assistance
expires on June 30, 1999, but funds are appropriated to cover all of FY1999.
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