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An April study by the National Employment Law Project considers how changes to the federal Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) made by the recovery act have altered use of the program.

From the report:

Numbers of TAA petitions and certifications have increased since the passage of the 2009 TAA amendments. Nationwide, 4851 Trade Adjustment Assistance petitions were filed in 2009—a 96 percent increase in number of petitions over 2008 and a 122 percent increase over 2007 …. Throughout 2009, the U.S. Department of Labor certified 2175 petitions covering over 240,714 workers. In comparison, in 2008 there were 1599 TAA certifications.
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Examining just the time period between the effective date of the 2009 TAA amendments (May 18, 2009), and the most recent data available from U.S. Department of Labor online (May 8, 2010), there have been 4469 petitions filed under the “new” TAA program, with 2507 of those certified for TAA eligibility. This figure represents a significant expansion of TAA activity.