| 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 |
