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
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- El Salvador
- Guatemala
- Honduras
- Israel
- Jordan, Hashemite Kingdom of
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- Mexico
- Morocco
- Nicaragua
- Oman*
- Singapore
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* 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
African Growth and Opportunity Act
- Angola
- Benin
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cameroon
- Cape Verde
- Chad
- Congo
- Congo, Democratic Republic of the
- Djibouti
- Ethiopia
- Gabonese
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- The Gambia
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Kenya
- Lesotho, Kingdom of
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Mali
- Mauritius
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Niger
- Nigeria
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- Rwanda
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Senegal
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- South Africa
- Swaziland
- Tanzania
- Uganda
- Zambia
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Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Aruba
- Bahamas, Commonwealth of
- Barbados
- Belize
- British Virgin Islands
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- Costa Rica
- Dominica
- Grenada
- Guyana
- Haiti
- St. Lucia
- Jamaica
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- Montserrat
- Netherlands Antilles
- Panama
- St. Kitts and Nevis
- St. Vincent and the Grenadines
- Trinidad and Tobago
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