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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
  • Dominican Republic
  • El Salvador
  • Guatemala
  • Honduras
  • Israel
  • Jordan, Hashemite Kingdom of
  • Mexico
  • Morocco
  • Nicaragua
  • Singapore

Countries that are beneficiary countries under the:

Andean Trade Preference Act

  • Bolivia
  • Peru
  • Colombia
  • Ecuador

African Growth and Opportunity Act

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

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

  • Rwanda, Republic of
  • Sao Tome and Principe, Democratic Republic of
  • Senegal, Republic of
  • Seychelles, Republic of
  • Sierra Leone, Republic of
  • South Africa, Republic of
  • Swaziland, Kingdom of
  • Tanzania, United Republic of
  • Uganda, Republic of
  • Zambia, Republic of

Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act

  • Antigua and Barbuda
  • Dominica
  • Nicaragua
  • Aruba
  • Grenada
  • Panama
  • Bahamas, Commonwealth of
  • Guyana
  • St. Kitts and Nevis
  • Barbados
  • Haiti
  • Saint Lucia
  • Belize
  • Jamaica
  • Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
  • British Virgin Islands
  • Montserrat
  • Trinidad and Tobago
  • Costa Rica
  • Netherlands Antilles

 
Created: March 27, 2004
Updated: January 09, 2008