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ABT
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Agreement on Basic Telecommunications
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ADB
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Asian Development Bank
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AGP
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Agreement on Government Procurement
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AIT
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Agreement on Internal Trade
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APEC
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Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum
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BKPM
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Badan Koordinasi Penanaman Modal (Indonesia's Investment Co-ordinating Board)
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BSE
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bovine spongiform encephalopathy
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CAP
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Common Agricultural Policy
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CCFTA
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Canada Chile Free Trade Agreement
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CDIA
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Canadian direct investment abroad
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CEC
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Canadian Education Centre Mexico
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CERC
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Central Regulatory Commission
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CET
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common external tariff
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CFE
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Comisión Federal de Electricidad (Mexico's state electricity firm)
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CFIA
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Canadian Food Inspection Agency
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CIFTA
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Canada Israel Free Trade Agreement
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DFAIT
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Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade
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DNA
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deoxyribonucleic acid
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DSB
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Dispute Settlement Body
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DSP
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distilled spirits plant
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DSU
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Dispute Settlement Understanding
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DTA
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double taxation agreement
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EC
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European Commission
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EEP
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U.S. Export Enhancement Program
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EFTA
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European Free Trade Association
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EMU
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Economic and Monetary Union
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EU
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European Union
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EVSL
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Early Voluntary Sectoral Liberalization
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FCC
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Federal Communications Commission
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FDA
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U.S. Food and Drug Administration
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FDI
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foreign direct investment
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FEMA
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Foreign Extraterritorial Measures Act
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FERC
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U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
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FHWA
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U.S. Federal Highway Administration
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FIPA
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Foreign Investment Protection Agreement
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FSL
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Food Sanitation Law
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FTA
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(Canada U.S.) Free Trade Agreement
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FTA
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U.S. Federal Transit Administration
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FTAA
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Free Trade Area of the Americas
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GAO
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U.S. General Accounting Office
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GATS
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General Agreement on Trade in Services
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GATT
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General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
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GDP
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gross domestic product
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GM
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genetically modified
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GMO
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genetically modified organism
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GO
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DFAIT's Global Opportunities teams of Trade Commissioners
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GPP
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Gross Provincial/Regional Product
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G-7/8
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Group of Seven leading industrialized nations plus Russian Federation
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HACCP
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(U.S.) Seafood Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point regulations
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HKSAR
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Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
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IDD
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international direct dialing (telephone services)
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IEC
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Intergovernmental Economic Commission (Canada-Russia,Canada-Ukraine)
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ILSA
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(U.S.) Iran and Libya Sanctions Act of 1996
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IMF
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International Monetary Fund
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IP
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intellectual property
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ISO
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International Organization for Standardization
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ISTEA
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(U.S.) Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act
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IT
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Information Technology
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ITA
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Information Technology Agreement (1997)
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ITC
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U.S. International Trade Commission
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JAS
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Japan Agricultural Standards
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JEC
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Joint economic committee
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LIBERTAD
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(U.S.) Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity Act of 1996 (Helms-Burton Act)
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MAFF
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Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
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Mercosur
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Southern Cone Common Market (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay)
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MFN
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most-favoured nation
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MII
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Ministry of Information Industry
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MMT
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Manganese-based fuel derivative
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MOU
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Memorandum of understanding
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MRA
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Mutual recognition agreement
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NAFTA
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North American Free Trade Agreement
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NATAP
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North American Trade Automation Prototype
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NEBS
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New Exporters to Border States
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NIST
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U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology
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NTB
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Non-tariff barrier
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NTT
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Nippon Telegraph and Telephone
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OECD
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Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
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OSB
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oriented-strand board
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OSHA
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U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration
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PCB
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polychlorinated biphenyl
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PEMEX
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Petróleos Mexicanos (Mexico's state oil firm)
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PWN
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pinewood nematode
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R&D
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research and development
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RGO
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Registered Grading Organizations
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SAGIT
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Sectoral Advisory Group on International Trade
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SBT
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single business tax
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SCC
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Standards Council of Canada
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SCP
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sugar-containing product
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SECOFI
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Secretaria de Comercio y Fomento Industrial (Mexico's Ministry of Trade and Industrial Development)
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SERC
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State Regulatory Commission
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SMEs
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small and medium-sized enterprises
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SPS
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sanitary and phytosanitary
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SPWG
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(Canada Korea) Special Partnership Working Group
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SRM
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specified risk material
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TBT
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technical barriers to trade
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TEA-21
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(U.S.) Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century
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TECA
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Trade and Economic Cooperation Arrangement
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TICA
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Trade and Investment Cooperation Arrangement
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TNC
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Trade Negotiations Committee
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TRAI
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Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of India
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TRIMs
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|
Agreement on Trade-Related Investment Measures
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TRIPs
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trade-related aspects of intellectual property rights
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TRQ
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tariff rate quota
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TSE
|
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transmissible spongiform encephalopathies
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WPPS
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Working Party on Professional Services (WTO)
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WTO
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World Trade Organization
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