ACP: African, Caribbean and Pacific countries

APEC: Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation

ASEAN: Association of South East Asian Nations

ATC: Agreement on Textiles and Clothing

BST: Bovine somatotropin (a growth hormone)

CAA: Clean Air Act (USA)

CBD: Convention on Biological Diversity

CITES: Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species

Codex: Codex Alimentarius Commission (a world food standards body)

CTD: WTO Committee on Trade and Development

CTE: WTO Committee on Trade and the Environment

DFID: Department for International Development (UK)

DOC: Department of Commerce (USA)

DSB: Dispute Settlement Body

DSP: Dispute Settlement Panel

DSU: Dispute Settlement Understanding

ECOWAS: Economic Cooperation of West African States

EMIT: GATT working party on Environmental Measures and International Trade

EU: European Union

FAO: Food and Agriculture Organisation

FDA: Food and Drug Administration (USA)

FDI: Foreign Direct Investment

FOE: Friends of the Earth

FOEI: Friends of the Earth International

FSC: Forest Stewardship Council

FTAA: Free Trade Area of the Americas

GATT: General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade

GATT 1994: aka The World Trade Agreement (WTA) or WTO rules

GDP: Gross Domestic Product

GEF: Global Environment Facility

GM: Genetically Modified

GM: General Motors

GMO: Genetically Modified Organism

GNP: Gross National Product

GP: Government Procurement (agreement)

GSP: Generalised System of Preferences

HBF: Heinrich-Boell-Foundation

ICC: International Chamber of Commerce

ICREA: International Commodity-Related Environment Agreement

IFC: International Finance Corporation

IFF: Intergovernmental Forum on Forests

IISD: International Institute for Sustainable  Development

IMF: International Monetary Fund

IPI: International Portfolio Investment

IPRs: Intellectual Property Rights

ILO: International Labour Organisation

ITO: International Trade Organisation

ITTO: International Tropical Timber Organisation

IUCN: International Union for the Conservation of Nature

LDC: Least Developed Country

MAI: Multilateral Agreement on Investment

MC: Ministerial Conference

Mercosur: A Latin American free trade area - (Uruguay, Paraguay, Brazil and Argentina)

MFA: Multi-Fibre Arrangement

MFTZ: Mediterranean Free Trade Zone

MFN: Most Favoured Nation treatment

MMPA: Marine Mammal Protection Act (USA)

MMT: A manganese fuel additive

MOU: Memorandum of Understanding

NAFTA: North American Free Trade Agreement

NGO: Non-Governmental Organisation

NT: National Treatment

NTB: Non-Tariff Barrier to trade

ODI: Overseas Development Institute (UK)

OECD: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

PPM: Process and Production Method

QUANGO: Quasi-autonomous Non Governmental Organisation

SCM: Subsidies and Countervailing Measures (WTO agreement)

SPS: Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (WTO agreement)

TABD: Transatlantic Business Dialogue

TACD: Transatlantic Consumers Dialogue

TAED: Transatlantic Environmental Dialogue

TBT: Technical Barriers to Trade (WTO agreement)

TED: Trade and Environment Database

TED: Turtle Excluder Device

TEP: Transatlantic Economic Partnership

TNC: Transnational Corporation

TPRB: Trade Policy Review Body

TPRM: Trade Policy Review Mechanism

TRIMs: Trade Related Investment Measures (WTO agreement)

TRIPs: Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights (WTO agreement)

TWN: Third World Network

UNCED: United Nations Conference on Environment and Development

UNCSD: United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development

UNCTAD: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

UNDP: United Nations Development Programme

UNEP: United Nations Environment Programme

USTR: United States Trade Representative

WB: World Bank

WBCSD: World Business Council for Sustainable Development

WCMC: World Conservation Monitoring Centre

WHC: World Heritage Convention

WHF: World Heritage Fund

WHO: World Health Organisation

WIPO: World Intellectual Property Organisation

WRI: World Resources Institute

WTA: World Trade Agreement (aka GATT 1994)

WTO: World Trade Organisation

WWF: Worldwide Fund for Nature