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1 List of Acronyms ABAC ABTC ACP ACIA ACTA AD AFAS AFTA AICO AJCEP AMS ANZCER ANZCERTA APEC ASEAN ASEM ATC ATIGA ATL AV AWG-LCA BIA BIMSTEC BIT BOP CAB CAFE CAFTA CAN CAP CARICOM CB CBD CBDR CC APEC Business Advisory Council APEC Business Travel Card African, Caribbean, and Pacific Area ASEAN Comprehensive Investment Agreement Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement Anti-dumping ASEAN Framework Agreement on Services ASEAN Free Trade Area ASEAN Industrial Cooperation ASEAN-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership Aggregate Measurement of Support Australia-New Zealand Closer Economic Relationship Treaty Agreement Australia-New Zealand Closer Economic Relationship Treaty Agreement Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Association of Southeast Asian Nations Asia-Europe Meeting Agreement on Textiles and Closing ASEAN Trade in Goods Agreement Accelerated Tariff Liberalization Audio Visual Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative Action under the Convention Built in Agenda Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation Bilateral Investment Treaty Balance of Payment Conformity Assessment Body Corporate Average Fuel Economy Central American Free Trade Association Comunidad Andina Common Agricultural Policy Caribbean Community Capacity Building Convention on Biological Diversity Common but Differentiated Responsibilities Changing Chapters Customs Co operation Council Commodity Credit Corporation China Compulsory Certification xxxi

2 CECA CEPA CEPEA CEPT CIME CIS CLMV COP CRTA CSI CTC (rule) CTD CTE CTG CTH CTSH CU CVD DDA DFARS DOC DSB DSU EC EC ECT EEA EEC EFTA EPA ERIA ESF ETI ETS EU EVSL FAR FCC FET FIT FSC FTA FTAA India-Singapore Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement Comprehensive Economic Partnership in East Asia Common Effective Preferential Tariff Scheme Committee of International Investment and Multinational Enterprise Commonwealth of Independent States Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam Conference of the Parties Committee on Regional Trade Agreements Coalition of Service Industries Change in Tariff Classification (rule) Committee on Trade and Development Committee on Trade and Environment Council for Trade in Goods Change in Tariff Headings Change in Tariff Sub-Headings Customs Union Countervailing Duty Doha Development Agenda Department of Defense FAR Supplement United States Department of Commerce Dispute Settlement Body Dispute Settlement Understanding European Community Electronic Commerce Energy Charter Treaty European Economic Area European Economic Community European Free Trade Association Economic Partnership Agreement Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia European Services Forum Extraterritorial Income Exclusion Emissions Trading Systems European Union Early Voluntary Sectoral Liberalization Federal Acquisition Regulation Federal Communications Commission Fair and Equitable Treatment Feed-in Tariff Foreign Sales Corporation Free Trade Area Free Trade Area of Americas xxxii

3 FTAAP GATS GATT GCC GI GLP GMP GPA GSP GTF HS IAP ICC ICN ICSID ICT IEC ILSA ILO IPR ISO ISP ITA ITC IMF JICA JSEPA LCA LDC MAI MEA MERCOSUR MFA MFN MRA NAFTA NAMA NCPI NGO NT NTB OECD OMA Free Trade Area of the Asia-Pacific General Agreement on Tariffs and Services General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade Gulf Cooperation Council Geographical Indications Good Laboratory Practice Good Manufacturing Practice Government Procurement Agreement Generalized System of Preferences Global Trust Fund Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System Individual Action Plans International Chamber of Commerce International Competition Network International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes Information and Communication Technology International Electrotechnical Commission Iran and Libya Sanctions Act International Labour Organization Intellectual Property Right International Organization for Standardization Internet Service Provider Information Technology Agreement International Trade Commission International Monetary Fund Japan International Corporate Agency Japan-Singapore Economic Partnership Agreement for a New Age Partnership Life Cycle assessment Least Developed Countries Multilateral Agreement on Investment Multilateral Environmental Agreement Mercado Comun del Sur Multifiber Arrangement Most Favored Nation Mutual Recognition Agreement North American Free Trade Agreement Non-Agricultural Market Access New Commercial Policy Instrument Nongovernmental Organization National Treatment Non Tariff Barrier Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development Orderly Marketing Arrangements xxxiii

4 P4 Pacific 4 (Singapore, Chile, Brunei, NZ) PLT Patent Law Treaty PPM Processes and Production Methods PR Performance Requirement PTA Preferential Tariff Agreement QBPC Quality Brand Protection Committee RCEP Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership RTA Regional Trade Agreement REACH Registration, Evaluation and Authorization of Chemicals RPT Reasonable period of time RoHS Directives on the Restriction of the use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment SAARC South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation SACU South African Customs Union SADC Southern African Development Community SAFTA South Asian Free Trade Area SEP (P4) Strategic Economic Partnership (Pacific 4) SCC Stockholm Chamber of Commerce SCM Subsidies and Countervailing Measures S&D Special and Differential Treatment SG Safeguard SICA Central American Integration System SOR Standard of Review SP (rule) Specific Process (rule) SPS Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures SPF Spruce, Pine and Fir SS Stand Still SSG Special Safeguard RVC (rule) Regional Value Content (rule) TA Technical Assistance TAFTA Trans Atlantic Free Trade Area TBT Technical Barriers of Trade TBR Trade Barriers Regulation TEP Transatlantic Economic Partnership TF Trade Facilitation TIFA Trade and Investment Framework Agreement TNC Trade Negotiations Committee TMB Textiles Monitoring Body TPA Trade Promotion Authority TPP Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership TPRB Trade Policy Review Body TPRM Trade Policy Review Mechanism TRIMs Trade Related Investment Measures xxxiv

5 TRIPS TRM TRQ TSG UNCITRAL UNCTAD UNEP UNFCC UR USTR VRA WCO WCT WEEE WIPO WP WPPT WTO Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights Transitional Review Mechanism Tariff Rate Quota Transitional Safeguard United Nations Commission on International Trade Law United Nations Conference on Trade and Development United Nations Environment Programme United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Uruguay Round United States Trade Representative Voluntary Restraint Agreement World Customs Organization WIPO Copyright Treaty Directives on Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment World Intellectual Property Organization Working Party WIPO Phonograms and Performances Treaty World Trade Organization xxxv