ACP |
African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States |
AD |
anti-dumping |
ADA |
Anti-dumping Agreement |
ASEAN |
Association of South East Asian Nations |
ATC |
Agreement on Textiles and Clothing AU African Union |
CARICOM |
Caribbean Common Market |
CB |
Capacity Building |
COMECON |
Informal name for Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (CMEA) |
COMESA |
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa |
CSO |
Civil Society Organization |
CVD |
Countervailing Duties |
DCs |
Developing Countries |
DDA |
Doha Development Agenda |
DRC |
Democratic Republic of Congo |
EAC |
East African Community |
EBA |
Everything but Arms |
EC |
European Community |
ECOWAS |
Economic Community of West African States |
EPA |
Economic Partnership Agreement |
ESA |
East and Southern Africa |
EU |
European Union |
FANR |
Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources |
FAO |
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
FTAA |
Free Trade Area of the Americas |
GATS |
General Agreement on Trade in Services |
GATT |
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade |
GDP |
Gross Domestic Product |
I&S |
infrastructure and Services |
IGAD |
Inter-Governmental Authority on Development |
IITC |
Inter-institutional Trade Committee |
IMF |
International Monetary Fund |
IOC |
Indian Ocean Commission |
ITC |
International Trade Centre UNCTAD/WTO |
JITAP |
Joint Integrated Technical Assistance Programme |
LDC |
Least Developed Country |
LMG |
Like-Minded Group |
MERCOSUR |
Southern Common Market |
NAFTA |
North American Free Trade Agreement |
NFIDC |
Net Food-Importing Developing Countries |
NWGT |
National Working Group on Trade |
OECD |
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
PRSP |
Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers |
PTA |
Preferential Trade Area |
RECs |
Regional Economic Communities |
RIRN |
Regional Integration Research Network Project |
RTA |
Regional Trade Agreement |
S&D |
Special and Differential Treatment |
SAARC |
South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation |
SACU |
Southern Africa Customs Union |
SADC |
Southern Africa Development Community (successor to SADCC) |
SADCC |
Southern African Development Co-ordination Conference |
SATRN |
Southern Africa Trade Research Network |
SCM |
Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures |
SHD&SP |
Social and Human Development and Special Programmes |
SIDS |
Small Island Developing States |
SPS |
Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures |
SVE |
Small and Vulnerable Economies |
TBT |
Technical Barriers to Trade |
TIFI |
Trade, Industry, Finance and Investment |
TRIPS |
Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights |
TRQ |
Tariff Rate Quota |
TRTA |
Trade-Related Technical Assistance |
UEMOA |
Union Économique et Monétaire Ouest-Africaine |
UNCTAD |
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development |
UNIDO |
United Nations Industrial Development Organization |
WTO |
World Trade Organization |