AD |
Antidumping |
AGOA |
African Growth and Opportunity Act |
APEC |
Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation |
ASEAN |
Association of Southeast Asian Nations |
ATC |
Agreement on Textiles and Clothing |
ATPA |
Andean Trade Preference Act |
ATPDEA |
Andean Trade Promotion & Drug Eradication Act |
BIA |
Built-In Agenda |
BIT |
Bilateral Investment Treaty |
BOP |
Balance of Payments |
CACM |
Central American Common Market |
CAFTA |
Central American Free Trade Area |
CARICOM |
Caribbean Common Market |
CBERA |
Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act |
CBI |
Caribbean Basin Initiative |
CFTA |
Canada Free Trade Agreement |
CITEL |
Telecommunications division of the OAS |
COMESA |
Common Market for Eastern & Southern Africa |
CTE |
Committee on Trade and the Environment |
CTG |
Council for Trade in Goods |
CVD |
Countervailing Duty |
DDA |
Doha Development Agenda |
DSB |
Dispute Settlement Body |
EAI |
Enterprise for ASEAN Initiative |
DSU |
Dispute Settlement Understanding |
EU |
European Union |
EFTA |
European Free Trade Association |
FTAA |
Free Trade Area of the Americas |
FOIA |
Freedom of Information Act |
GATT |
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade |
GATS |
General Agreements on Trade in Services |
GDP |
Gross Domestic Product |
GEC |
Global Electronic Commerce |
GSP |
Generalized System of Preferences |
GPA |
Government Procurement Agreement |
IFI |
International Financial Institution |
IPR |
Intellectual Property Rights |
ITA |
Information Technology Agreement |
LDBDC |
Least Developed Beneficiary Developing Country |
MAI |
Multilateral Agreement on Investment |
MEFTA |
Middle East Free Trade Area |
MERCOSUR |
Southern Common Market |
MFA |
Multifiber Arrangement |
MFN |
Most Favored Nation |
MOSS |
Market-Oriented, Sector-Selective |
MOU |
Memorandum of Understanding |
MRA |
Mutual Recognition Agreement |
NAFTA |
North American Free Trade Agreement |
NAMA |
Non-Agricultural Market Access |
NEC |
National Economic Council |
NIS |
Newly Independent States |
NSC |
National Security Council |
NTR |
Normal Trade Relations |
OAS |
Organization of American States |
OECD |
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development |
OPIC |
Overseas Private Investment Corporation |
PNTR |
Permanent Normal Trade Relations |
ROU |
Record of Understanding |
SACU |
Southern African Customs Union |
SADC |
Southern African Development Community |
SPS |
Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures |
SRM |
Specified Risk Material |
TAA |
Trade Adjustment Assistance |
TABD |
Trans-Atlantic Business Dialogue |
TACD |
Trans-Atlantic Consumer Dialogue |
TAEVD |
Trans-Atlantic Environment Dialogue |
TALD |
Trans-Atlantic Labor Dialogue |
TBT |
Technical Barriers to Trade |
TEP |
Transatlantic Economic Partnership |
TIFA |
Trade & Investment Framework Agreement |
TPP |
Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership |
TPRG |
Trade Policy Review Group |
TPSC |
Trade Policy Staff Committee |
TRIMS |
Trade Related Investment Measures |
TRIPS |
Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights |
UAE |
United Arab Emirates |
UNCTAD |
United Nations Conference on Trade & Development |
UNDP |
United Nations Development Program |
URAA |
Uruguay Round Agreements Act |
USDA |
U.S. Department of Agriculture |
USITC |
U.S. International Trade Commission |
USTR |
United States Trade Representative |
VRA |
Voluntary Restraint Agreement |
WAEMU |
West African Economic & Monetary Union |
WB |
World Bank |
WTO |
World Trade Organization |