• ACP
  African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States
• ACTPN
  Advisory Committee On Trade Policy and Negotiation
• AD
  Antidumping Duties
• ADA
  Antidumping Agreement
• AGOA
  African Growth and Opportunity Act
• AMS
  Aggregate Measurement of Support
• AOA
  Agreement on Agriculture
• 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 and Drug Eradication Act

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• BIT
  Bilateral Investment Treaty

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• CAFTA
  Central American Free Trade Agreement, frequently used to refer to the Dominican Republic, Central American Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA)
• CAP
  Common Agricultural Policy (of the European Union)
• CBERA
  Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act
• CBI
  Caribbean Basin Initiative
• CBTPA
  US - Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act of 2000
• CET or CXT
  Common External Tariff
• CIT
  Court of International Trade
• CITES
  Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
• CVD
  Countervailing Duties

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• DDA
  Doha Development Agenda
• DSB
  Dispute Settlement Body (of the WTO)

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• EC
  European Community
• EEA
  European Economic Area
• EEP
  Export Enhancement Program
• EFTA
  European Free Trade Association
• EU
  European Union

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• FIPS
  Five Interested Parties
• FNC
  Friendship/Freedom Navigation and Commerce Treaty
• FTAA
  Free Trade Agreement of the Americas

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• GATS
  General Agreement on Trade in Services
• GATT
  General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
• GSP
  Generalized System Of Preferences

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• HS
  Harmonized System
• HTSUS
  Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States

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• IMF
  International Monetary Fund
• ISACs
  Industry Sectoral Advisory Committees
• ITA
  International Trade Administration and WTO Information Technology Agreement

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• KORUS
  Korea-US Free Trade Agreement

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• LDCs
  Least Developed Countries

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• MEFTA
  Middle East Free Trade Area Initiative
• MFA
  Multi-Fibre Arrangement
• MFN
  Most Favored Nation Treatment
• MRA
  Mutual Recognition Agreement

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• NAFTA
  North American Free Trade Agreement
• NAMA
  Non-Agricultural Market Access
• NICs
  Newly Industrializing Countries
• NME
  Non-Market Economy
• NTB
  Non-Tariff Barrier
• NTE
  National Trade Estimate Report
• NTR
  Normal Trade Relations

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• OECD
  Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development

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• PNTR
  Permanent Normal Trade Relations
• PTPA
  Peru Trade Promotion Agreement

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• QIZ
  Qualified Industrial Zone

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• RTA
  Reciprocal Trade Agreement

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• SACU
  Southern African Customs Union
• SCM
  Subsidies and Countervailing Measures Agreement
• SDT or S&D
  Special and Differential Treatment
• SPS
  Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures

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• TBT
  Technical Barrier to Trade
• TIFA
  Trade and Investment Framework Agreement
• TPA
  Trade Promotion Authority/Trade Promotion Agreement
• TPCC
  Trade Promotion Coordination Committee
• TRIPS
  Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights Agreement
• TRQ
  Tariff Rate Quota

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• UNCTAD
  United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
• USITC or ITC
  United States International Trade Commission
• USTR
  United States Trade Representative

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• VAT
  Value Added Tax
• VER
  Voluntary Export Restraint

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• WCO
  World Customs Organization
• WIPO
  World Intellectual Property Organization
• WTO
  World Trade Organization