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ACP |
African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of
States |
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AD |
anti-dumping
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ADA |
Anti-dumping Agreement
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ASEAN |
Association of South East Asian
Nations
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ATC |
Agreement on Textiles and Clothing AU
African Union
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CARICOM |
Caribbean Common Market
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CB |
Capacity Building
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COMECON |
Informal name for Council for Mutual
Economic Assistance (CMEA)
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COMESA |
Common Market for Eastern and
Southern Africa
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CSO |
Civil Society Organization
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CVD |
Countervailing Duties
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DCs |
Developing Countries
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DDA |
Doha Development Agenda
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DRC |
Democratic Republic of Congo
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EAC |
East African Community
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EBA |
Everything but Arms
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EC |
European Community
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ECOWAS |
Economic Community of West African
States
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EPA |
Economic Partnership Agreement
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ESA |
East and Southern Africa
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EU |
European Union
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FANR |
Food, Agriculture and Natural
Resources
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FAO |
Food and Agriculture Organization of
the United Nations
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FTAA |
Free Trade Area of the Americas
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GATS |
General Agreement on Trade in
Services
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GATT |
General Agreement on Tariffs and
Trade
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GDP |
Gross Domestic Product
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I&S |
infrastructure and Services
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IGAD |
Inter-Governmental Authority on
Development
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IITC |
Inter-institutional Trade Committee
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IMF |
International Monetary Fund
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IOC |
Indian Ocean Commission
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ITC |
International Trade Centre UNCTAD/WTO
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JITAP |
Joint Integrated Technical Assistance
Programme
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LDC |
Least Developed Country
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LMG |
Like-Minded Group
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MERCOSUR |
Southern Common Market
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NAFTA |
North American Free Trade Agreement
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NFIDC |
Net Food-Importing Developing
Countries
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NWGT |
National Working Group on Trade
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OECD |
Organisation for Economic
Co-operation and Development
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PRSP |
Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers |
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PTA |
Preferential Trade Area |
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RECs |
Regional Economic Communities |
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RIRN |
Regional Integration Research Network
Project |
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RTA |
Regional Trade Agreement |
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S&D |
Special and Differential Treatment |
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SAARC |
South Asian Association for Regional
Co-operation |
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SACU |
Southern Africa Customs Union |
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SADC |
Southern Africa Development Community
(successor to SADCC) |
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SADCC |
Southern African Development
Co-ordination Conference |
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SATRN |
Southern Africa Trade Research
Network |
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SCM |
Agreement on Subsidies and
Countervailing Measures |
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SHD&SP |
Social and Human Development and
Special Programmes |
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SIDS |
Small Island Developing States |
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SPS |
Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures |
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SVE |
Small and Vulnerable Economies |
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TBT |
Technical Barriers to Trade |
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TIFI |
Trade, Industry, Finance and
Investment |
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TRIPS |
Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual
Property Rights |
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TRQ |
Tariff Rate Quota |
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TRTA |
Trade-Related Technical Assistance |
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UEMOA |
Union Économique et Monétaire
Ouest-Africaine |
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UNCTAD |
United Nations Conference on Trade
and Development |
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UNIDO |
United Nations Industrial Development
Organization |
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WTO |
World Trade Organization |
