| ACP |
African, Caribbean and Pacific Group (Lomé
Convention
and Cotonu Agreement) |
| AD, A-D |
Anti-dumping measures |
| AFTA |
ASEAN Free Trade Area |
| AMS |
Aggregate measurement of support (agriculture) |
| APEC |
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation |
| ASEAN |
Association of Southeast Asian Nations |
| ATC |
Agreement on Textiles and Clothing |
| CBD |
Convention on Biological Diversity |
| CCC |
(former) Customs Co-operation Council
(now WCO) |
| CER |
[Australia New Zealand] Closer Economic
Relations [Trade Agreement] (also ANCERTA) |
| COMESA |
Common Market for Eastern and Southern
Africa |
| CTD |
Committee on Trade and Development |
| CTE |
Committee on Trade and Environment |
| CVD |
Countervailing duty (subsidies) |
| DDA |
Doha Development Agenda |
| DSB |
Dispute Settlement Body |
| DSU |
Dispute Settlement Understanding |
| EC |
European Communities |
| EFTA |
European Free Trade Association |
| EU |
European Union |
| FAO |
Food and Agriculture Organization |
| GATS |
General Agreement on Trade in Services |
| GATT |
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade |
| GSP |
Generalized System of Preferences |
| HS |
Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding
System |
| ICITO |
Interim Commission for the International
Trade Organization |
| ILO |
International Labour Organization |
| IMF |
International Monetary Fund |
| ITC |
International Trade Centre |
| ITO |
International Trade Organization |
| MEA |
Multilateral environmental agreement |
| MERCOSUR |
Southern Common Market |
| MFA |
Multifibre Arrangement (replaced by ATC) |
| MFN |
Most-favoured-nation |
| MTN |
Multilateral trade negotiations |
| NAFTA |
North American Free Trade Agreement |
| PSE |
Producer subsidy equivalent (agriculture) |
| PSI |
Pre-shipment inspection |
| S&D, SDT |
Special and differential treatment (for
developing countries) |
| SAARC |
South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation |
| SDR |
Special Drawing Rights (IMF) |
| SELA |
Latin American Economic System |
| SPS |
Sanitary and phytosanitary measures |
| TBT |
Technical barriers to trade |
| TMB |
Textiles Monitoring Body |
| TNC |
Trade Negotiations Committee |
| TPRB |
Trade Policy Review Body |
| TPRM |
Trade Policy Review Mechanism |
| TRIMs |
Trade-related investment measures |
| TRIPS |
Trade-related aspects of intellectual
property rights |
| UN |
United Nations |
| UNCTAD |
UN Conference on Trade and Development |
| UNDP |
UN Development Programme |
| UNEP |
UN Environment Programme |
| UPOV |
International Union for the Protection
of New Varieties of Plants |
| UR |
Uruguay Round |
| VER |
Voluntary export restraint |
| VRA |
Voluntary restraint agreement |
| WCO |
World Customs Organization |
| WIPO |
World Intellectual Property Organization |
| WTO |
World Trade Organization |
