Acronym Quick Reference Sheet
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| AD | Antidumping |
| AGOA | African Growth and Opportunity Act |
| APEC | Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation |
| ASEAN | Association of Southeast Asian Nations |
| ATC | Agreement on Textiles and Clothing |
| ATPA | Andean Trade Preference Act |
| ATPDEA | Andean Trade Promotion & Drug Eradication Act |
| AUSTR | Assistant US Trade Representative |
| BIA | Built-in agenda |
| BIT | Bilateral investment treaty |
| BLS | Bureau of Labor and Statistics |
| BOP | Balance of Payments |
| CACM | Central American Common Market |
| CAFTA | Central American Free Trade Area |
| CAFTA-DR | Central America-Dominican Republic free trade agreement |
| CARICOM | Caribbean Common Market |
| CBERA | Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act |
| CBI | Caribbean basin initiative |
| CFTA | Canada Free Trade Agreement |
| CITEL | Telecommunications division of the OAS |
| COMESA | Common Market for Eastern & Southern Africa |
| CTE | Committee on Trade and the Environment |
| CTG | Council for Trade in Goods |
| CVD | Countervailing duty |
| DDA | Doha Development Agenda |
| DHS | Department of Homeland Security |
| DOC | Department of Commerce |
| DOL | Department of Labor |
| DSM | Dispute settlement mechanism |
| EAI | Enterprise for ASEAN Initiative |
| EFTA | European Free Trade Association |
| EU | European Union |
| FOIA | Freedom of Information Act |
| FTA | Free trade agreement |
| FTAA | Free Trade Area of the Americas |
| GATS | General Agreements on Trade in Services |
| GATT | General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade |
| GDP | Gross Domestic Product |
| GEC | Global Electronic Commerce |
| GPA | Government Procurement Agreement |
| GSP | Generalized system of preferences |
| HTS | Harmonized tariff system |
| IA | Import Administration |
| IFI | International financial institution |
| ILO | International Labor Organization |
| IPR | Intellectual property rights |
| ITA | Information Technology Agreement |
| ITA | International Trade Administration |
| KORUS | Korea-US free trade agreement |
| LDBDC | Least Developed Beneficiary Developing Country |
| MAI | Multilateral Agreement on Investment |
| MEA | Multilateral environmental agreement |
| MEFTA | Middle East Free Trade Area |
| MERCOSUR | Southern Common Market (Spanish |
| MFA | Multifiber Arrangement |
| MFN | Most favored nation agreement |
| MOSS | Market-oriented, sector-selective |
| MOU | Memorandum of understanding |
| MRA | Mutual Recognition Agreement |
| NAALC | North American Agreement on Labor Cooperation |
| NAFTA | North American free trade agreement |
| NAMA | Non-Agricultural Market Access |
| NEC | National Economic Council |
| NIS | Newly independent states |
| NSC | National Security Council |
| NTB | Non-tariff barriers |
| NTR | Normal trade relations |
| OAS | Organization of American States |
| OECD | Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development |
| OPIC | Overseas Private Investment Corporation |
| PNTR | Permanent Normal Trade Relations |
| PTA | Preferential trade agreement |
| ROO | Rules of origin |
| ROU | Record of understanding |
| SACU | Southern African Customs Union |
| SADC | Southern African Development Community |
| SPS | Sanitary and phytosanitary measures |
| SRM | Specified risk material |
| TAA | trade adjustment assistance |
| TABD | Trans-Atlantic Business Dialogue |
| TACD | Trans-Atlantic Consumer Dialogue |
| TAEVD | Trans-Atlantic Environment Dialogue |
| TALD | Trans-Atlantic Labor Dialogue |
| TBT | Technical barriers to trade |
| TEP | Transatlantic Economic Partnership |
| TIFA | Trade and Investment Framework Agreement |
| TiSA | Trade in Services Agreement |
| TPA | Trade promotion agreement |
| TPP | Trans Pacific Partnership |
| TPRG | Trade Policy Review Group |
| TPSC | Trade Policy Staff Committee |
| TRIMS | Trade related investment measures |
| TRIPS | Trade related intellectual property |
| TTIP | Transatlantic Trade and Investment Promotion |
| UNCTAD | United Nations Conference on Trade & Development |
| UNDP | United Nations Development Program |
| URAA | Uruguay Round Agreements Act |
| USDA | U.S. Department of Agriculture |
| USITC | U.S. International Trade Commission |
| USTR | U.S. Trade Representative |
| VRA | Voluntary restraint agreement |
| WAEMU | West African Economic & Monetary Union |
| WB | World Bank |
| WTO | World Trade Organization |