[20160721]IF10240_美国与欧盟贸易谈判中的农业问题.pdf

https:/crsreports.congress.gov Updated July 21, 2016Agriculture Issues in U.S.-EU Trade NegotiationsThe Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (T-TIP) is a proposed free trade agreement between the United States and the European Union (EU). Both sides seek to liberalize transatlantic trade and investment, set globally relevant rules and disciplines that could boost economic growth, support multilateral trade liberalization through the World Trade Organization (WTO), and address third-country trade policy challenges. Agricultural issues have been actively debated in the context of market access but mainly within regulatory and intellectual property rights discussions. Negotiations began in July 2013. The United States is among the worlds largest net exporters of agricultural products, averaging more than $140 billion per year (2010-2015) The EU is an important export market for U.S. agricultural exports and ranks as the fifth largest market for U.S. food and farm exports. In recent years, however, growth in U.S. agricultural exports to the EU has not kept pace with growth in trade to other U.S. markets, and imports from Europe currently exceed U.S. exports to the EU. In 201