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A |
| ACP |
African, Caribbean, and Pacific Countries |
| ACTPN |
Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations
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| AD |
Antidumping
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| ADB |
Asian Development Bank
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| A/DS |
Agent Distributor Service, U.S. Department of Commerce
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| AD VAL |
Ad Valorem Tariff Rate
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| AGOA |
African Growth and Opportunity Act |
| AECA |
Arms Export Control Act
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| AFDB |
African Development Bank
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| AFDF |
African Development Fund
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| AIT |
American Institute in Taiwan
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| APCAC |
Asia-Pacific Council of American Chambers of Commerce
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| APEC |
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
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| APTA |
Automotive Products Trade Act
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| ASEAN |
Association of Southeast Asian Nations
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| ATA |
Admission Temporaire (temporary admission)
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| ATAC(s) |
Agricultural Technical Advisory Committee(s)
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| ATC |
Agreement on Textiles and Clothing
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| ATCA |
Agreement on Trade in Civil Aircraft
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| ATPA |
Andean Trade Preference Act
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| AUI |
ASEAN-United States Initiative
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| AVE |
Ad Valorem Equivalent
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B
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| BAR |
Buy American Restrictions
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| BDV |
Brussels Definition of Value
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| BEA |
Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. Department of Commerce
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| BFC |
Business Facilitation Center, U.S. Department of Commerce
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| BIA |
Best Information Available
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| BIRPI |
United International Bureaux for the Protection of Intellectual Property
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| BIS |
Bank for International Settlements
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| BISNET |
Business Information Service for the Newly Independent States, U.S. Department of Commerce
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| BIT |
Bilateral Investment Treaty
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| BNC |
Binational Commission
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| BOND |
Business Outreach to New Democracies (program)
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| BOP |
Balance of Payments
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| BOT |
Balance of Trade
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| BSP |
Business Sponsored
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| BSP |
Between-show Promotion
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| BTN |
Brussels Tariff Nomenclature
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| BXA |
Bureau of Export Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
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C
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| C&F |
Cost and Freight (Incoterm)
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| CACM |
Central American Common Market
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| CADIC |
Comparative Analysis of Domestic Industry's Condition
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| CAFC |
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
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| CAIP |
Community Adjustment Investment Program
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| CAP |
Common Agricultural Policy (EU)
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| CAP |
Country Action Plan
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| CARIBCAN |
Canadian-Caribbean Basin Initiative
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| CARICOM |
Caribbean Common Market
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| CBERA |
Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act
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| CBI |
Caribbean Basin Initiative
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| CCC |
Commodity Credit Corporation
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| CCC |
Customs Cooperation Council
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| CCCN |
Customs Cooperation Council Nomenclature
|
| CCL |
Commerce Control List (formerly Commodity Control List)
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| CCNAA |
Coordination Council for North American Affairs (Taiwan)
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| CCPIT |
China Council for the Promotion of International Trade
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| CEA |
Chinese Economic Area
|
| CEA |
Council of Economic Advisers
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| CEP |
Constructed Export Price
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| CER |
Australia-New Zealand Closer Economic Relations
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| CET |
Common External Tariff
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| CFIUS |
Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States
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| CFR |
Cost and Freight (Incoterm)
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| CFTA |
United States-Canada Free Trade Agreement
|
| CG-18 |
Consultative Group of Eighteen (GATT)
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| CIF |
Cost, Insurance, and Freight (Incoterm)
|
| CIME |
Committee on International Investment and Multinational Enterprises (OECD)
|
| CIMS |
Commercial Information Management System, U.S. Department of Commerce
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| CIP |
Carriage and Insurance Paid (Incoterm)
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| CIS |
Commonwealth of Independent States
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| CIT |
United States Court of International Trade
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| CITA |
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
|
| CITIC |
China International Trust and Investment Corporation
|
| CITT |
Canadian International Trade Tribunal
|
| CIV |
Customs Import Value
|
| CMP |
Country Marketing Plan
|
| CNUSA |
Commercial News USA, U.S. Department of Commerce
|
| COCOM |
Coordinating Committee for Multilateral Export Controls
|
| CODEX |
Codex Alimentarius Commission
|
| COE |
Council of Europe
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| COMECON |
Council for Mutual Economic Assistance
|
| COP |
Cost of Production
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| CP |
Contracting Party
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| CPE |
Centrally Planned Economy
|
| CPT |
Carriage Paid to (Incoterm)
|
| CSCE |
Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe
|
| CT |
Countertrade
|
| CTA |
Committee on Trade in Agriculture (GATT)
|
| CTF |
Certified Trade Fair, U.S. Department of Commerce
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| CV |
Constructed Value
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| CVD |
Countervailing Duty
|
| CXT |
Common External Tariff
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D
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| DAC |
Development Assistance Committee (OECD)
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| DAF |
Delivered at Frontier (Incoterm)
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| DAV |
Domestic Added Value
|
| DDP |
Delivered Duty Paid (Incoterm)
|
| DDU |
Delivered Duty Unpaid (Incoterm)
|
| DEQ |
Delivered Ex Quay (Incoterm)
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| DES |
Delivered Ex Ship (Incoterm)
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| DF |
Duty Free
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| DISC |
Domestic International Sales Corporation
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| DOC |
United States Department of Commerce
|
| DS |
Dispute Settlement
|
| DSU |
Dispute Settlement Understanding (i.e., WTO Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes)
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E
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| EAA |
Export Administration Act (United States)
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| EAEC |
East Asia Economic Caucus
|
| EAI |
Enterprise for the Americas Initiative
|
| EAPC |
Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council
|
| EAR |
Export Administration Regulations (United States)
|
| EBRD |
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
|
| EC |
European Community
|
| ECA |
Economic Cooperation Administration
|
| ECB |
European Central Bank
|
| ECCN |
Export Control Classification Number
|
| ECDC |
Economic Cooperation Among Developing Countries
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| ECE |
Economic Commission for Europe
|
| ECGF |
Export Credit Guarantee Facility
|
| ECS |
Échantillons Commerciaux (commercial samples)
|
| ECS |
European Cooperation System
|
| ECSB |
European System of Central Banks
|
| ECSC |
European Coal and Steel Community
|
| ECU |
European Currency Unit
|
| EDI |
Electronic Data Interchange
|
| EEA |
European Economic Area
|
| EEC |
European Economic Community
|
| EEP |
Export Enhancement Program (United States)
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| EFTA |
European Free Trade Association
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| EIB |
European Investment Bank
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| EITCA |
United States-Soviet Union Agreement to Facilitate Economic, Industrial, and Technical Cooperation
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| EMS |
European Monetary System
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| EMU |
European Monetary Unit
|
| EP |
Export Price
|
| EPC |
Economic Policy Council (United States)
|
| EPC |
European Patent Convention
|
| ER |
Export Restraint
|
| ERM |
Exchange Rate Mechanism
|
| ERP |
European Recovery Program
|
| ESA |
European Space Agency
|
| ESAF |
Enhanced Structural Adjustment Facility
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| ESCB |
European System of Central Banks
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| ESP |
Exporter's Sales Price
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| ETC |
Export Trading Company
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| ETSI |
European Telecommunications Standards Institute
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| EU |
European Union
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| EXW |
Ex-works (Incoterm)
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| EX-IM BANK |
Export-Import Bank of the United States
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F
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| FA |
Facts Available
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| FAO |
Food and Agriculture Organization, United Nations
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| FARA |
Foreign Agents Registration Act
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| FAS |
Foreign Agricultural Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture
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| FAS |
Free Alongside Ship (Incoterm)
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| FCA |
Free Carrier (Incoterm)
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| FCIA |
Foreign Credit Insurance Association (United States)
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| FCN |
Freedom, Commerce, and Navigation Treaty
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| FCO |
Foreign and Commonwealth Office (United Kingdom)
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| FCPA |
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (United States)
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| FCS |
Foreign Commercial Service, U.S. Department of Commerce
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| FDI |
Foreign Direct Investment
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| FDIUS |
Foreign Direct Investment in the United States
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| FICA |
Federal Insurance Corporation of America
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| FISC |
Foreign International Sales Corporation
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| FMC |
Federal Maritime Commission (United States)
|
| FMS |
Foreign Military Sales
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| FMSCR |
Foreign Military Sales Credit
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| FMV |
Foreign Market Value
|
| FOB |
Free on Board (Incoterm)
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| FOGS |
Functioning of the GATT System
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| FOR |
Free on Rail (Incoterm)
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| FOREX |
Foreign Exchange
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| FOT |
Free on Truck (Incoterm)
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| FR |
Federal Register (United States)
|
| FSC |
Foreign Sales Corporation
|
| FTA |
Free Trade Area
|
| FTA |
Free Trade Agreement
|
| FTAA |
Free Trade Area of the Americas
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| FTC |
Federal Trade Commission (United States)
|
| FTZ |
Foreign Trade Zone
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| FTZ-BOARD |
Federal Trade Zone Board
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| FTZ-SZ |
FTZ-Subzone
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| FV |
Fair Value
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| FX |
Foreign Exchange Service
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G
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| G-5 |
Group of Five (the United States, Japan, Germany, France, and the United Kingdom)
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| G-7 |
Group of Seven (the United States, Japan, Germany, France, Italy, the United Kingdom, and Canada)
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| G-8 |
Group of Eight (the United States, Japan, Germany, France, Italy, the United Kingdon, Canada, and Russia)
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| G-77 |
Group of Seventy-seven [all countries within UNCTAD Groups "A" (African and Asian countries, with the exception of Israel and South Africa) and "C" (Latin America) — now comprising more than 120 developing countries]
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| GAB |
General Agreement to Borrow
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| GATS |
General Agreement on Trade in Services
|
| GATT |
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
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| GCC |
Gulf Cooperation Council
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| GDP |
Gross Domestic Product
|
| GEC |
Global Electronic Commerce
|
| GEF |
Global Environmental Facility
|
| GII |
Global Information Infrastructure
|
| GNG |
Group of Negotiations on Goods
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| GNP |
Gross National Product
|
| GNP |
Government Procurement
|
| GNS |
Group of Negotiations on Services
|
| GPA |
WTO Agreement on Government Procurement
|
| GP-ZONE |
General Purpose Free Trade Zone
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| GSP |
Generalized System of Preferences
|
| GSTP |
Global System of Trade Preferences
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H
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| HM |
Home Market
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| HS |
Harmonized System
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| HTS |
Harmonized Tariff Schedule
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| HTSUS |
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States
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I
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| IA |
Import Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
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| IADB (or IDB) |
Inter-American Development Bank
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| IAEA |
International Atomic Energy Agency
|
| IBRD |
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank)
|
| IC |
Industry Committee of the OECD
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| ICA |
International Coffee Agreement
|
| ICA |
International Cocoa Agreement
|
| ICA |
International Commodity Agreement
|
| ICAO |
International Civil Aviation Organization
|
| ICB |
International Competitive Bidding
|
| ICC |
International Chamber of Commerce
|
| ICITO |
Interim Commission of the International Trade Organization
|
| ICO |
International Coffee Organization
|
| ICSID |
International Center for the Settlement of Investment Disputes
|
| IDA |
International Development Association
|
| IDB (or IADB) |
Inter-American Development Bank
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| IEC |
International Electrotechnical Commission
|
| IEEPA |
International Emergency Economic Powers Act
|
| IESC |
International Executive Service Corps
|
| IFAD |
International Fund for Agricultural Development
|
| IFC |
International Finance Corporation
|
| IFI |
International Finance Institution
|
| IIC |
Inter-American Investment Corporation
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| IIPA |
International Intellectual Property Alliance
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| ILO |
International Labor Organization
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| IMF |
International Monetary Fund
|
| IMO |
International Maritime Organization |
| INCOTERMS |
International Commercial Terms
|
| INR |
Initial Negotiating Right
|
| INRA |
International Natural Rubber Agreement
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| INRO |
International Natural Rubber Organization
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| INTELSAT |
International Telecommunications Satellite Organization
|
| IOS |
International Organization for Standardization
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| IP |
Intellectual property
|
| IPAC |
Industry Policy Advisory Committee (United States)
|
| IPC |
Integrated Program for Commodities
|
| IPR |
Intellectual property rights
|
| ISA |
International Sugar Agreement
|
| ISAC |
Industry Sector Advisory Committee (United States)
|
| ISO |
International Standards Organization
|
| ITA |
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
|
| ITA |
International Tin Agreement
|
| ITA |
Information Technology Agreement
|
| ITAR |
International Traffic in Arms Regulations
|
| ITC |
International Trade Commission (United States)
|
| ITC |
International Trade Center, UNCTAD/WTO
|
| ITO |
International Trade Organization
|
| ITU |
International Telecommunication Union
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J
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| JCCT |
United States-Mexico Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade
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| JCP |
Japan Corporate Program
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| JETRO |
Japan External Trade Organization
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K
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| K.D. |
Knocked Down
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L
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| LAFTA |
Latin America Free Trade Area
|
| LASU |
Large Aircraft Sector Understanding
|
| LC |
Letter of Credit
|
| LIBOR |
London Interbank Offered Rate
|
| LOT |
Level of Trade Adjustment
|
| LTA |
Long-Term Agreement on International Trade in Cotton Textiles
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| LTL |
Less Than Load (Shipment)
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| LTFV |
Less Than Fair Value
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M
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| MAC |
Market Access and Compliance Unit, U.S. Department of Commerce
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| MAI |
Multilateral Agreement on Investment
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| MDB |
Multilateral development bank
|
| MERCOSUR |
Mercado Común del Sur (Southern Common Market)
|
| MFA |
Multi-Fiber Arrangement
|
| MFN |
Most-Favored Nation
|
| MIF |
Multilateral Investment Fund
|
| MIGA |
Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency
|
| MITI |
Ministry of International Trade and Industry (Japan)
|
| MNC |
Multinational Corporation
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| MOFERT |
Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade (People's Republic of China)
|
| MOSS |
Market-oriented sector-specific negotiation process (United States-Japan)
|
| MOU |
Memorandum of Understanding
|
| MPT |
Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications
|
| MRA |
Mutual Recognition Agreement
|
| MSA |
Multilateral Steel Agreement
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| MT |
Metric Ton
|
| MTN |
Multilateral Trade Negotiations
|
| MTO |
Multilateral Trade Organization
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N
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| NADBANK |
North American Development Bank
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| NAFTA |
North American Free Trade Agreement
|
| NAICS |
North American Industry Classification System
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| NME |
Nonmarket Economy
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| NP |
Nairobi Protocol
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| NSC |
National Security Council (United States)
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| NTB |
Nontariff Barrier
|
| NTDB |
National Trade Data Bank (United States)
|
| NTE |
New to Export
|
| NTE |
National Trade Estimates Report
|
| NTM |
New to Market
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| NTM |
Nontariff Measure
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| NV |
Normal Value
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O
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| OAS |
Organization of American States
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| ODA |
Official Development Assistance
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| OECD |
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
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| OEEC |
Organization for European Economic Cooperation
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| OEM |
Original Equipment Manufacturer
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| OFAC |
Office of Foreign Assets Control, U.S. Department of the Treasury
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| OMA |
Orderly Marketing Agreement
|
| OPEC |
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
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| OPIC |
Overseas Private Investment Corporation (United States)
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P
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| PCG |
Policy Coordinating Group
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| PEC |
President's Export Council (United States)
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| PFC |
Priority Foreign Country
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| PL |
Public Law
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| PL 480 |
Public Law 480, Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act ("Food For Peace") (United States)
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| POI |
Period of Investigation
|
| POR |
Period of Review
|
| PPA |
Protocol of Provisional Application
|
| PRC |
People's Republic of China
|
| PSI |
Pre-shipment Inspection
|
| PUDD |
Potential Uncollected Dumping Duty
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| PWL |
Priority Watch List
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Q
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| QR |
Quantitative Restriction
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R
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| R&D |
Research and Development
|
| RBP |
Restrictive Business Practice
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| RO-RO |
Roll On-Roll Off
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S
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| S&D |
Special and Differential Treatment
|
| SAA |
Statement of Administrative Action
|
| SAF |
Structural Adjustment Facility
|
| SB |
Surveillance Body
|
| SBA |
Small Business Administration (United States)
|
| SCM |
Subsidies and Countervailing Measures
|
| SDN |
Specially Designated National
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| SDR |
Special Drawing Rights
|
| SECOFI |
Secretar�a de Comercio y Fomento Industrial (Mexico)
|
| SED |
Shipper's Export Declaration
|
| SIC |
Standard Industrial Classification
|
| SII |
Structural Impediments Initiative (United States-Japan)
|
| SIMIS |
Single Internal Market Information Systems
|
| SIMS |
Single Internal Market Service
|
| SITC |
Standard International Trade Classification
|
| SNPA |
Substantial New Program of Action
|
| SPS |
Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures
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| STC |
Security Trade Control
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| STE |
State Trading Enterprise
|
| STR |
Special Representative for Trade Negotiations
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T
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| TAA |
Trade Adjustment Assistance (United States)
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| TABD |
Transatlantic Business Dialogue
|
| TBT |
Technical Barriers to Trade
|
| TCC |
Trade Compliance Center, U.S. Department of Commerce
|
| TCMD |
Third Country Meat Directive
|
| TD |
Trade Development (U.S. Department of Commerce)
|
| TDP |
Trade and Development Program
|
| TEC |
Tariff Ext�rieur Commun (Common External Tariff)
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| TEP |
Transatlantic Economic Partnership
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| TEU |
Treaty on European Union (Maastricht Treaty)
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| TNC |
Trade Negotiations Committee
|
| TNC |
Transnational Corporation
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| TPC |
Trade Policy Committee (United States)
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| TPM |
Trigger-Price Mechanism
|
| TPRG |
Trade Policy Review Group (United States)
|
| TPRM |
Trade Policy Review Mechanism
|
| TPSC |
Trade Policy Staff Committee (United States)
|
| TPSC |
Trade Policy Subcommittee (United States)
|
| TRIMS |
Trade-Related Investment Measures
|
| TRIPS |
Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights
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| TSB |
Textile Surveillance Body
|
| TSUS |
Tariff Schedule of the United States
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| TVA |
Value-Added Tax (Taxe à la Valeur Ajoutée)
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| TWA |
Trade-Weighted Average
|
| TWEA |
Trading With the Enemy Act
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U
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| UN |
United Nations
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| UNCITRAL |
United Nations Commission on International Trade Law
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| UNCTAD |
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
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| UNCTC |
United Nations Center on Transnational Corporations
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| UNDP |
United Nations Development Program
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| UNEP |
United Nations Environment Program
|
| UNESCO |
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization
|
| UNIDO |
United Nations Industrial Development Organization
|
| UR |
Uruguay Round
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| URAA |
Uruguay Round Agreements Act
|
| USAID |
U.S. Agency for International Development
|
| USF&CS |
United States Foreign and Commercial Service
|
| USC |
United States Code
|
| USDA |
United States Department of Agriculture
|
| USDOC |
United States Department of Commerce
|
| USEC |
United States Mission to European Communities
|
| USITC |
United States International Trade Commission
|
| USOECD |
United States Mission to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
|
| USP |
United States Price
|
| USTR |
United States Trade Representative, or Office of the United States Trade Representative
|
| USTTA |
United States Travel and Tourism Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
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| USUN |
United States Mission to the United Nations
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V
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| VAR |
Value-Added Reseller
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| VAT |
Value-Added Tax
|
| VER |
Voluntary Export Restraint
|
| VL |
Variable Levy
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| VRA |
Voluntary Restraint Agreement
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W
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| WCO |
World Customs Organization
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| WCT |
WIPO Copyright Treaty
|
| WEPZA |
World Export Processing Zones Association
|
| WIPO |
World Intellectual Property Organization
|
| WL |
Watch List
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| WPPT |
WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty
|
| WTDR |
World Traders Data Report
|
| WTO |
World Trade Organization
|
| WTO |
World Tourism Organization
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