| AAFC |
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada |
| ABT |
Agreement on Basic Telecommunications |
| AGP |
Agreement on Government Procurement |
| AIT |
Agreement on Internal Trade |
| APEC |
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum |
| AQSIQ |
Administration for Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine
(China) |
| ARTQ |
Autonomous Tariff Rate Quota |
| ASEAN |
Association of Southeast Asian Nations |
| BSE |
Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy |
| BSL |
(Japan's) Building Standards Law |
| CA4 |
Central America Four: El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and
Nicaragua |
| CAP |
Common Agricultural Policy |
| CARICOM |
Caribbean Community |
| CCA |
Consultative Committee on Agriculture |
| CCC |
Canadian Commercial Corporation |
| CCRFTA |
Canada-Costa Rica Free Trade Agreement |
| CCFTA |
Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement |
| CDIA |
Canadian Direct Investment Abroad |
| CEAA |
Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency |
| CET |
Common External Tariff |
| CFE |
Comisión Federal de Electricidad (Mexico's state
electricity firm) |
| CFIA |
Canadian Food Inspection Agency |
| CIBS |
Canada's International Business Strategy |
| CIDA |
Canadian International Development Agency |
| CIFTA |
Canada-Israel Free Trade Agreement |
| CISDL |
Centre for International Sustainable Development Law |
| CITT |
Canadian International Trade Tribunal |
| DFO |
Department of Fisheries and Ocean |
| DSB |
Dispute Settlement Body |
| DSU |
Dispute Settlement Understanding |
| EC |
European Commission |
| E-Comm |
Electronic Commerce |
| EDC |
Export Development Corporation |
| EEP |
U.S. Export Enhancement Program |
| EFTA |
European Free Trade Association |
| EIA |
Environmental Impact Assessments |
| EMU |
Economic and Monetary Union |
| EU |
European Union |
| EVSL |
Early Voluntary Sectoral Liberalization |
| EXTUS |
Exporters to the United States |
| FAC |
Foreign Affairs Canada |
| FAO |
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
|
| FAST |
Free and Secure Trade (U.S. border Initiative) |
| FCM |
Federation of Canadian Municipalities |
| FDA |
U.S. Food and Drug Administration |
| FDI |
Foreign Direct Investment |
| FEMA |
Foreign Extraterritorial Measures Act |
| FERC |
U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission |
| FHWA |
U.S. Federal Highway Administration |
| FIPA |
Foreign Investment Protection and Promotion Agreement |
| FSA |
Financial Services Agency (Japan) |
| FSL |
Food Sanitation Law |
| FTA |
(Canada-U.S.) Free Trade Agreement |
| FTA |
U.S. Federal Transit Administration |
| FTAA |
Free Trade Area of the Americas |
| GAO |
U.S. General Accounting Office |
| GATS |
General Agreement on Trade in Services |
| GATT |
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade |
| GDP |
Gross domestic Product |
| GI |
Geographical Indication |
| GM |
Genetically Modified |
| GMO |
Genetically Modified Organism |
| GPP |
Gross Provincial/Regional Product |
| GPT |
General Preferential Tariff |
| G-7/8 |
Group of Seven leading industrialized nations plus Russian
Federation |
| HACCP |
(U.S.) Seafood Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point regulations
|
| HS |
Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System |
| IBETS |
Integrated Border Enforcement Teams |
| IDD |
International Direct Dialing (telephone services) |
| ICT |
Information and Communication Technologies |
| IEC |
Intergovernmental Economic Commission (Canada-Russia, Canada-Ukraine)
|
| IFI |
International Financial Institutions |
| ILO |
International Labour Organization |
| ILSA |
(U.S.) Iran and Libya Sanctions Act of 1996 |
| IMF |
International Monetary Fund |
| IP |
Intellectual Property |
| ISO |
International Organization of Standardization |
| ISTEA |
(U.S.) Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act
|
| IT |
Information Technology |
| ITA |
Information Technology Agreement (1997) |
| ITC |
U.S. International Trade Commission |
| ITCan |
International Trade Canada |
| JAS |
Japan Agricultural Standards |
| JETRO |
Japan External Trade Organization |
| JWPTE |
Joint Working Party on Trade and Environment |
| LDC |
Least Developed Country |
| LIBERTAD |
(U.S.) Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity Act of 1996
(Helms-Burton Act) |
| MAFF |
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (Japan) |
| Mercosur |
Southern Cone Common Market (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay
and Uruguay) |
| MFN |
Most-Favoured-Nation |
| MMPA |
Marine Mammal Protection Act (U.S.) |
| MMT |
Manganese-Based Fuel Derivative |
| MOU |
Memorandum of Understanding |
| MRA |
Mutual Recognition Agreement |
| NAFTA |
North American Free Trade Agreement |
| NATAP |
North American Trade Automation Prototype |
| NEBS |
New Exporters to Border States |
| NGO |
Non-Government Organization |
| NIICD |
New International Instrument on Cultural Diversity |
| NIST |
U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology |
| NSI |
North South Institute |
| NTB |
Non-Tariff Barrier |
| NTT |
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone |
| OAS |
Organization of American States |
| OECD |
Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development
|
| OECS |
Organization of Eastern Caribbean States |
| OIE |
World Organization for Animal Health (OIE, formerly known
as the Office International des Epizooties) |
| OSHA |
U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration |
| PEMEX |
Petróleos Mexicanos (Mexico's state oil firm) |
| PWN |
Pinewood Nematode |
| R&D |
Research and Development |
| ROO |
Rules of Origin |
| S&DT |
Special and Differential Treatment |
| SAGIT |
Sectoral Advisory Group on International Trade |
| SBT |
Single Business Tax |
| SCFAIT |
Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs & International
Trade |
| SCC |
Standards Council of Canada |
| SCP |
Sugar-Containing Product |
| SEA |
Strategic Environmental Assessment |
| SECOFI |
Secretaria de Comercio y Fomento Industrial (Mexico's Ministry
of Trade and Industrial Development) |
| SERC |
State Regulatory Commission |
| SME |
Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise |
| SPS |
Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures |
| SPWG |
Special Partnership Working Group (Canada-Korea) |
| SRM |
Specified Risk Material |
| STAR |
Secure Trade in the APEC Region |
| TBT |
Technical Barriers to Trade |
| TCIAB |
Team Canada Inc. Advisory Board |
| TEA-21 |
(U.S.) Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century |
| TECA |
Trade and Economic Co-operation Arrangement |
| TICA |
Trade and Investment Co-operation Arrangement |
| TIEA |
Trade Investment Enhancement Agreement (Canada - EU) |
| TNC |
Trade Negotiations Committee (FTAA) |
| TPRM |
Trade Policy Review Mechanism |
| TRIMs |
Agreement on Trade-Related Investment Measures |
| TRIPs |
Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property
Rights |
| TRQs |
Tariff Rate Quotas |
| TRTA |
Trade Related Technical Assistance |
| TSE |
Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies |
| UR |
Uruguay Round |
| USTR |
United States Trade Representative |
| VOCs |
Volatile Organic Compounds |
| WHO |
World Health Organization |
| WIPO |
World Intellectual Property Organization |
| WPPS |
Working Party on Professional Services (WTO) |
| WTO |
World Trade Organization |
