Glossary
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Acronym | Meaning |
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AAN | Alternative Agriculture Network (Thailand) |
ACMECS | Ayeyawady-Chao Phraya-Mekong Economic Partnership Strategy |
ACP | Africa-Caribbean-Pacific (countries/group) |
ADB | Asian Development Bank |
ADM | Arthur Daniel Midland (US) |
AfDB | African Development Bank |
AEPF | Asia-Europe People’s Forum |
AFL-CIO | American Federation of Labour - Congress of Industrial Organisations |
AFTA | ASEAN Free Trade Agreement |
AFTINET | Australia Fair Trade and Investment Network |
AGOA | African Growth Opportunity Act (US) |
AIG | American International Group |
ALBA | Bolivarian Alternative for the Peoples of Our America |
ALP | Australia Labour Party |
AMDH | Moroccan Association for Human Rights |
AMU | Arab Maghreb Union |
AoA | Agreement on Agriculture (WTO) |
AoP | Assembly of the Poor (Thailand) |
APEC | Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation |
APMC | Agricultural Produce and Market Committee (India) |
ASEAN | Association of South East Asian Nations |
ASEM | Asia-Europe Meeting |
ASSOCHAM | Association Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India |
AUSFTA | Australia-US Free Trade Agreement |
BIMSTEC | Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation |
BIT | bilateral investment treaty |
BNDES | National Bank for Economic and Social Development (Brazil) |
BSE | Bovine spongiform encephalopathy ("mad cow disease") |
CAF | Andean Development Corporation |
CAFTA | US-Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement |
CAN | Andean Community of Nations |
CARICOM | Caribbean Economic Community |
CCC | Commodity Credit Corporation (US) |
CDB | China Development Bank |
CEO | Chief Executive Officer |
CEPA | Closer Economic Partnership Agreement |
CEPAL | Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (UN) |
COMESA | Common Market for East and Southern Africa |
COMESSA | Community of Sahel-Saharan States |
COMEX | Ministry of Foreign Trade (Costa Rica) |
CONASUPO | National Company of Popular Subsistence (Mexico) |
CP | Charoen Pokphand (Thailand) |
CSOs | Civil Society Organisations |
DDA | Doha Development Agenda (WTO) |
DTI | Department of Trade and Industry (Philippines) |
EAFF | East Africa Farmers Federation |
ECOWAS | Economic Community of West African States |
EFTA | European Free Trade Association |
EGAT PLC | Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand |
EIA | environmental impact assessment |
EMFTA | EU-Mediterranean Free Trade Agreement |
ENCE | National Cellulose Company of Spain |
EPA | Economic Partnership Agreement |
EU | European Union |
FARC | Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia |
FDI | foreign direct investment |
FICCI | Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry |
FIRE | Feminist International Radio Endeavour |
FTA | Free trade agreement |
FTAA | Free Trade Area of the Americas |
GATS | General Agreement on Trade in Services (WTO) |
GATT | General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade |
GCC | Gulf Cooperation Council |
GDP | gross domestic product |
GM(O) | genetically modified (organism) |
GNP | Grand National Party (Korea) |
HIV/AIDS | human immunodeficiency virus / acquired immune deficiency syndrome |
HOR | House of Representatives |
IBSA | India-Brazil-South Africa |
ICSID | International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (World Bank) |
IDB | Interamerican Development Bank |
IDEALS | Initiatives for Dialogue & Empowerment through Alternative Legal Services Inc. (Philippines) |
IFAC | Industry Functional Advisory Committee (US) |
IIRSA | Regional Integration of South American Infrastructure |
ILSA | Latin American Institute of Alternative Legal Services (Colombia) |
IMF | International Monetary Fund |
IPR(s) | intellectual property right(s) |
JPEPA | Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement |
JTEPA | Japan-Thailand Economic Partnership Agreement |
KCTU | Korean Confederation of Trade Unions |
KoA | Korean Alliance against the Korea-US FTA |
KMP | Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (Peasant Movement of the Philippines) |
KMU | Kilusang Mayo Uno (May First Movement)(Philippines) |
KPL | Korean Peasants League |
MAI | Multilateral Agreement on Investment (OECD) |
MEFTA | US-Middle East Free Trade Agreement |
MERCOSUR | Southern Cone Common Market (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Venezuela) |
MITI | Ministry of International Trade and Industry (Japan) |
MP | Member of Parliament |
NAFTA | North American Free Trade Agreement (Canada, USA, Mexico) |
NAM | National Association of Manufacturers (US) |
NCR | National Capital Region (Philippines) |
NESAC | National Economic and Social Advisory Council (Thailand) |
NGOs | non-governmental organizations |
NHRC | National Human Rights Commission (Thailand) |
NLA | National Legislative Assembly (Thailand) |
OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
OIC | Organisation of the Islamic Conference |
PAD | People’s Alliance for Democracy (Thailand) |
PBS | Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (Australia) |
PCCI | Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry |
PDVSA | Petróleos de Venezuela S.A. |
PhRMA | Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America |
PLWHA | people living with HIV/AIDS |
PM | Prime Minister |
PNA | Philippine Nurses Association |
PO | people’s organization |
PROPAC | Sub-regional Platform of Peasant Organisations of Central Africa |
PTA | Preferential Trade Agreement |
RECALCA | Colombian Action Network against Free Trade and the FTAA |
ROPPA | Network of Peasant and Agricultural Producers Organisations of West Africa |
RTA | Regional Trade Agreement |
SAARC | South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation |
SACAU | Southern Africa Confederation of Agricultural Unions |
SACU | Southern Africa Customs Union |
SADC | Southern African Development Community |
SAFTA | South Asia Free Trade Agreement (SAARC) |
SAG | Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry (Honduras) |
SEIPI | Semiconductors and Electronics Industries of the Philippines, Inc. |
SEPA | Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement |
SEZ | Special Economic Zone |
SPS | sanitary and phytosanitary standards |
TAFTA | Thailand-Australia Free Trade Agreement |
TBT | technical barriers to trade |
TDRI | Thai Development Research Institute |
TIFA | Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (US) |
TNCs | transnational corporations |
TNP+ | Thai Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS |
TRIPS | Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (Agreement on) (WTO) |
TRT | Thai Rak Thai Party (Thailand) |
TSE | Supreme Electoral Tribunal/Court (Costa Rica) |
UAE | United Arab Emirates |
UN | United Nations |
UNCTAD | United Nations Conference on Trade and Development |
UNICE | Union of Industrial and Employers’ Confederations of Europe (EU) |
UPOV | Union for the Protection of New Plant Varieties |
USAID | US Agency for International Development |
WAEMU | West Africa Economic and Monetary Union |
WEF | World Economic Forum |
WHO | World Health Organisation |
WINFA | Winward Island Farmers Association (Caribbean) |
WIPO | World Intellectual Property Organisation |
WTO | World Trade Organisation |