[20151015]IN10375_美国天然气出口和跨太平洋伙伴关系（TPP）协议.pdf

CRS INSIGHTU.S. Natural Gas Exports and the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) AgreementOctober 15, 2015 (IN10375) | Related AuthorsPaul W. ParfomakMichael Ratner |Paul W. Parfomak, Specialist in Energy and Infrastructure Policy (pparfomakcrs.loc.gov, 7-0030)Michael Ratner, Specialist in Energy Policy (mratnercrs.loc.gov, 7-9529)On October 5, 2015, President Obama announced the conclusion of negotiations for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a free trade agreement (FTA) among the United States and 11 other Asia-Pacific nationsAustralia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, and Vietnam. (See CRS In Focus IF10000, The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement.) The agreement reduces and eliminates tariff and non-tariff barriers on goods, services, and agriculture. It also establishes trade rules and disciplines, some of which expand on commitments at the World Trade Organization. Before the TPP agreement can take effect for the United States, Congress must pass implementing legislation under procedures known as trade promotion authority (TPA), which it passed in June 2015. Although the TPP agreement does not contain an energy chapter, it could