Trade Adjustment Assistance Reform Act of 2002: Free Trade Agreement and Trade Beneficiary Countries

Under Section 113 of the Trade Adjustment Assistance Reform Act of 2002 (PL 107-210), 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 TAA certification criteria.

Countries that are a Party to a free trade agreement with the United States

Australia Bahrain Canada Chile Costa Rica* Dominican Republic	El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Israel Jordan, Hashemite Kingdom of	Mexico Morocco Nicaragua Oman* Singapore
* Denotes countries yet to implement free trade agreements with the United States, thus, do not meet the requirements for petitions alleging shifts in production to these countries.

Countries that are beneficiary countries under the:

Andean Trade Preference Act

Bolivia Peru

Colombia

Ecuador

African Growth and Opportunity Act

Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Chad Congo Congo, Democratic Republic of the Djibouti Ethiopia Gabonese

The Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Kenya Lesotho, Kingdom of Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritius Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria

Rwanda Sao Tome and Principe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone South Africa Swaziland Tanzania Uganda Zambia

Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act

Antigua and Barbuda Aruba Bahamas, Commonwealth of Barbados Belize British Virgin Islands

Costa Rica Dominica Grenada Guyana Haiti St. Lucia Jamaica

Montserrat Netherlands Antilles Panama St. Kitts and Nevis St. Vincent and the Grenadines Trinidad and Tobago