特朗普政府能源政策评析

特朗普政府推行的“能源主导”政策,本质上是将能源实力转化为能源权力,扩大美国国际影响力乃至领导力。目前,特朗普政府已将能源主导目标转化为多项举措:在国内政策层面表现为“为油气松绑”,积极鼓励化石能源生产;在国际层面表现为“促油气外销”,积极扩大化石能源出口,同时,“以油气为筹码”,在实现国家安全与对外政策目标时频繁借力能源工具。特朗普推动“能源主导”议程时,在国内主要依赖于联邦政府采取行政手段,在国际事务中则体现出较强的地缘政治属性。特朗普政府的能源政策在化石能源生产与出口、能源安全方面取得一定成效,但在将能源作为对外政策工具以增强美国影响力方面则效果不明显。

Energy Policy under the Trump Administration:Objectives,Tools and Impacts

President Donald Trump has pledged U.S.energy dominance.Essentially,it means that the U.S.intends to translate energy strength into energy power to enhance its international influence and global leadership.So far,The Trump administration has based its energy dominance goal on a bundle of measures.Domestically,the Trump administration has worked towards increasing fossil fuel production.Internationally,the administration has tried to encourage fossil fuel exports and has frequently used energy as a tool to achieve national security and foreign policy goals.In promoting this policy agenda for energy dominance,Trump relies mainly on executive powers to take national and international action,thus actively leveraging the U.S.energy advantage into geopolitical powers.In energy policies,the Trump administration has achieved increasing fossil fuel production,expanded fossil fuel exports and improved energy security,but its use of energy as a foreign policy tool has not enhanced its global influence.