Advocates of the U.S.Trade Adjustment Assistance Program maintain that it

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The Trade Adjustment Assistance Program helps workers who have lost their jobs due to international trade by providing job training, income support, and other services. This program increases the political acceptances of efforts to reduce trade barriers, as it shows that the government is not leaving workers behind during the process of globalization. It does not subsidize firms with comparative advantages or decrease the prices of imports that compete with American-produced goods. It is also unrelated to the United States' status as a net exporter of oil and natural gas.