Legal texts: List of abbreviations

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AMS	Aggregate Measurement of Support (in Agreement on Agriculture)
BISD	Basic Instruments and Selected Documents (published by GATT)
CCC	Customs Co-operation Council
CCC Secretariat	Secretariat of the Customs Co-operation Council
Dispute Settlement Understanding/ DSU	Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes
DSB	Dispute Settlement Body
FAO	Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
GATS	General Agreement on Trade in Services
GATT 1994	General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994
HS	Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System
IMF	International Monetary Fund
ISO	International Organization for Standardization
IEC	International Electrotechnical Commission
MFA	Arrangement Regarding International Trade in Textiles
PGE	Permanent Group of Experts (in Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures)
SCM	Subsidies and Countervailing Measures
Secretariat	Secretariat of the World Trade Organization
SSG	Special Safeguard (in Agreement on Agriculture)
ST	Special Treatment (in Annex 5, Agreement on Agriculture)
TMB	Textiles Monitoring Body
TPRB	Trade Policy Review Body
TPRM	Trade Policy Review Mechanism
TRIMs	Trade-Related Investment Measures
TRIPS	Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights
TSB	Textiles Surveillance Body
World Bank	International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
WTO	World Trade Organization
WTO Agreement	Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization