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 |
PetrĂ³leos 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 |