Acronym

Abbreviations 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 (officially European Communities in WTO)

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

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Abbreviations 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

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Abbreviations 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

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