Obama’s First Trade Priority Is Helping Displaced U.S. Workers - Kiplinger.com

Barack Obama and the 111th Congress will move quickly to expand Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA), which provides help for workers displaced by trade agreements. It will most likely be included as part of a big economic stimulus plan that Democrats hope to pass in January. They'll enlarge TAA to cover service workers as well as manufacturing employees. In addition, they'll extend the benefits to those displaced by trade with countries that don't have free trade pacts with the U.S., such as China. And they'll beef up funding to states to pay for job training programs.

Obama’s First Trade Priority Is Helping Displaced U.S. Workers - Kiplinger.com