GAO, 2000: 832,499 workers were certified for Trade Adjustment Assistance from 1995 to 1999, including NAFTA job losses. Some are counted twice, and it is not a full count of trade job losses.
Department of Labor officials estimate 75 percent of NAFTA-TAA certified workers are also covered by TAA petitions. Such workers would be counted twice in the overall program totals.
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GAO, 2000: 832,499 workers were certified for Trade Adjustment Assistance from 1995 to 1999, including NAFTA job losses. Some are counted twice, and it is not a full count of trade job losses.