Trade Adjustment Assistance and Offshore Sourcing

Articles — Thu, 19 Feb 2004 00:00:00 -0500

For more than 40 years, the United States has recognized that -- though international trade and global commerce are certainly in the best interests of the United States -- there are those workers that are hurt by trade and globalization in general. During the Kennedy administration, to respond to the needs of those workers the Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) program was created.

In 2002, the Congress agreed to extend new authority to the Administration to negotiate new trade agreements, but the Congress insisted on a major rewrite of TAA be included in the same legislation to ensure that… more

Trade-Related Labor Market Adjustment Policies and Programs (45 pgs)

Articles — Mon, 01 Dec 2003 00:00:00 -0500

TAA Coalition

Trade Adjustment Assistance and Offshore Sourcing

Trade-Related Labor Market Adjustment Policies and Programs (45 pgs)