The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is a proposed free trade agreement (FTA) signed by the United States and 11 other Asia-Pacific countries on February 4, 2016, and would require ratification by the member countries before it can take effect. On January 30, 2017, the United States gave notice to the other signatories that it does not intend to ratify the agreement, effectively ending, at least for the time being, the ratification process in the United States and the agreement's possible entry into force. The TPP as signed cannot enter into force without U.S. participation, due to a requirement that it must be ratified by original signatories accounting for at least 85% of the group's gross domestic product (GDP), of which the United States alone accounts for roughly 65%. The Japanese and New Zealand legislatures passed TPP ratification bills prior to the U.S. notification of its withdrawal, and some of the signatories have expressed interest in moving forward with a similar agreement without U.S. participation.
For more information on the withdrawal and potential implications for the United States, see:
CRS Insight IN10669, Moving On: TPP Signatories Meet in Chile, by [author name scrubbed] and [author name scrubbed]
CRS Insight IN10646, The United States Withdraws from the TPP, by [author name scrubbed] and [author name scrubbed]
CRS In Focus IF10000, TPP: Overview and Current Status, by [author name scrubbed] and [author name scrubbed]
Additional products on the TPP are listed below. They provide analysis of the agreement's provisions but have not been updated to reflect the U.S. withdrawal. Please contact CRS TPP coordinators Ian Fergusson ([email address scrubbed], x[phone number scrubbed]) and Brock Williams ([email address scrubbed], x[phone number scrubbed]), or authors of the following products with questions about TPP.
CRS Report R44489, The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP): Key Provisions and Issues for Congress, coordinated by [author name scrubbed] and [author name scrubbed].
CRS Report R44278, The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP): In Brief, by [author name scrubbed], [author name scrubbed], and [author name scrubbed].
CRS Report R44361, The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP): Strategic Implications, coordinated by [author name scrubbed] and [author name scrubbed].
CRS Report R44337, TPP: American Agriculture and the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement, by [author name scrubbed].
CRS Report R44551, The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP): Analysis of Economic Studies, by [author name scrubbed].
CRS Report R42344, Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Countries: Comparative Trade and Economic Analysis, by [author name scrubbed].
CRS In Focus IF10297, TPP-Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) Timeline, by [author name scrubbed].
CRS In Focus IF10390, TPP: Digital Trade Provisions, by [author name scrubbed].
CRS In Focus IF10393, TPP: Rules of Origin, by [author name scrubbed], [author name scrubbed], and [author name scrubbed].
CRS In Focus IF10412, TPP: Taking the Measure of the Agreement for U.S. Agriculture, by [author name scrubbed].
CRS In Focus IF10431, TPP: Estimates of Economic Effects, by [author name scrubbed].
CRS In Focus IF10442, TPP: Intellectual Property Rights (IPR), by [author name scrubbed] and [author name scrubbed].
CRS In Focus IF10452, TPP: Labor Provisions, by [author name scrubbed] and [author name scrubbed].
CRS In Focus IF10456, TPP: U.S.-Japan Issues, by [author name scrubbed] et al.
CRS In Focus IF10476, TPP: Investment Provisions, by [author name scrubbed] and [author name scrubbed].