Glossary
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| Acronym | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 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 |
