A bill to amend the Trade Act of 1974 to include shifts in production, for purposes of trade adjustment assistance, to countries to which the United States has extended permanent normal trade relations.
Workers Equity Act - Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to allow a group of workers (including workers in any agricultural firm or subdivision), which also meets certain requirements regarding partial or total separation, to be certified by the Secretary of Labor as eligible to receive trade adjustment assistance if (as under current law) the Secretary determines that there has been a shift in production by such workers' firm or subdivision to a foreign country of articles like or directly competitive with articles which are produced by such firm or subdivision and (new with this Act) the country has been extended permanent normal trade relations by the United States.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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