| 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 |