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*Title:* Trade Adjustment Assistance for Workers * *Date: Dec. 17, 2012

*Source: *Congressional Research Service (CRS) (thanks to Stuart Basefeky) Authors: Benjamin Collins

*Summary: * Trade Adjustment Assistance for Workers (TAA) provides federal assistance to workers who have been adversely affected by foreign trade. It was most recently authorized by the Trade Adjustment Assistance Extension Act of 2011 (TAAEA; Title II of P.L. 112-40). Link: http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R42012.pdf