AACA
  Architects Accreditation Council of Australia
 
  ABCC
  Australian British Chamber of Commerce
 
  ABS
  Australian Bureau of Statistics
 
  ACTU
  Australian Council of Trade Unions
 
  AEU
  Australian Education Union
 
  AFTINET
  Australian Fair Trade and Investment Network
 
  AMR
  Antimicrobial resistance
 
  ANU
  Australian National University
 
  ANU-LRSJ
  ANU Law Reform and Social Justice Research Hub
 
  ATNIA
  Australian Treaty National Interest Analysis
 
  ATNIF
  Australian Treaty Not yet In Force
 
  ATS
  Australian Treaty Series
 
  AUKFTA
  Free Trade Agreement between Australia and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
 
  AWU
  Australian Workers’ Union
 
  CBPR
  Cross-Border Privacy Rules
 
  CFMMEU
  Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union
 
  COP
  Conference of the parties
 
  CPTPP
  Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership
 
  CT Act
  Coastal Trading (Revitalising Australian Shipping) Act 2012
 
  DFAT
  Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
 
  DITRDCA
  Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts
 
  EABC
  European Australian Business Council
 
  GATS
  General Agreement on Trade in Services
 
  GATT 1994
  General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994
 
  GBE
  Government business enterprise
 
GBPBritish pound sterling
  GDPR
  General Data Protection Regulation
 
  GI
  Geographical indication
 
  GPA
  Agreement on Government Procurement
 
  HS Convention
  International Convention on the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System
 
  ICT
  Information and communications technology
 
  ILO
  International Labour Organization
 
  ILO Declaration
  International Labour Organization Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work and its Follow-up
 
  IMF
  International Monetary Fund
 
  ISDS
  Investor-state dispute settlement
 
  ISP
  Internet service provider
 
  IUU
  Illegal, unreported and unregulated
 
  JSCOT
  Joint Standing Committee on Treaties
 
  MRA
  Mutual recognition arrangement
 
  MUA
  Maritime Union of Australia
 
  NAFTA
  North American Free Trade Agreement
 
  NFF
  National Farmers’ Federation
 
  NFU
  National Farmers’ Union (United Kingdom)
 
  NIA
  National Interest Analysis
 
  OECD
  Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
 
  OIE
  World Organization for Animal Health
 
  ONS
  Office for National Statistics (United Kingdom)
 
  QTS
  Qualified Teacher Status
 
  RIS
  Regulation Impact Statement
 
  RVC
  Regional value content
 
  SCM Agreement
  Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures
 
SDRSpecial Drawing Rights
  SME
  Small and medium-sized enterprise
 
  SOE
  State-owned enterprise
 
  SPS
  Sanitary or phytosanitary 
 
  SPS Agreement
  Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures
 
  TAFE
  Technical and Further Education
 
TBT AgreementAgreement on Technical Barriers to Trade
  TBT Committee
  Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade
 
  TPP
  Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement
 
  TRIPS
  Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights
 
  TSS
  Temporary skills shortage
 
  USMCA
  United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement
 
  VET
  Vocational education and training
 
  WIPO
  World Intellectual Property Organization
 
  WTO
  World Trade Organization