AEEMA |
Australian Electrical and Electronic Manufacturers Association |
ABAC |
APEC Business Advisory Council |
ACCI |
Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry |
ACTU |
Australian Council of Trade Unions |
AFTA |
ASEAN Free Trade Area |
ANU |
Australian National University |
ANZCERTA |
Australia-New Zealand Closer Economic Relations
Trade Agreement |
APEC |
Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation |
APLAC |
Asia Pacific Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation |
APLMF |
Asia Pacific Legal Metrology Forum |
ASEAN |
Association of South East Asian Nations |
ASEM |
Asia-Europe Meeting |
ATC |
Agricultural Technical Cooperation Experts Group |
ATIA |
Australian Telecommunications Industry Association |
AusAID |
Australian Agency for International Development |
AUSPECC |
Australian Pacific Economic Cooperation Committee |
CAP |
Collective Action Plan |
CEPT |
Common Effective Preferential Tariff |
CER |
Closer Economic Relations |
CSIRO |
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation |
CTI |
Committee on Trade and Investment |
DFAT |
Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade |
DPIE |
Australian Department of Primary Industries and Energy (now
known as Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry) |
EAEC |
East Asian Economic Caucus |
ECOTECH |
Economic and Technical Cooperation |
EPG |
Eminent Persons Group |
ESC |
Ecotech Sub-Committee |
EVSL |
Early Voluntary Sectoral Liberalisation |
FDI |
Foreign direct investment |
FEEEP |
Food, Environment, Energy, Economic growth and Population |
FTAA |
Free Trade Area of the Americas |
GATT |
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade |
GATS |
General Agreement on Trade in Services |
GDP |
Gross domestic product |
HRD |
Human resources development |
HRDWG |
Human Resource Development Working Group |
IAP |
Individual Action Plan |
ICFTU |
International Confederation of Free Trade Unions |
IEG |
Investment Experts Group |
ILO |
International Labour Organisation |
IMF |
International Monetary Fund |
IPR |
Intellectual property rights |
IS&T |
Industrial Science & Technology |
ITA |
Information Technology Agreement |
IVANS |
International Value-Added Network Service |
MAPA |
Manila Action Plan for APEC |
MFN |
Most favoured nation |
MRA |
Mutual recognition arrangement |
MTIA |
Australia 's Manufacturing, Engineering and Construction
Industry Association |
NAFTA |
North American Free Trade Agreement |
NATA |
National Association of Testing Authorities Australia |
NBIP |
Non-Building Investment Principles |
NGO |
Non-government organisations |
NTB |
Non-tariff barrier |
NTM |
Non-tariff measure |
OAA |
Osaka Action Agenda |
ODA |
Official development assistance |
OECD |
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development |
PBEC |
Pacific Basin Economic Council |
PBF |
Pacific Business Forum |
PECC |
Pacific Economic Cooperation Council |
PEG |
Partners for Equitable Growth |
PFP |
Partners for Progress |
SCCP |
Sub-Committee on Customs Procedures |
SCSC |
Sub-Committee on Standards and Conformance |
SMEs |
Small and medium-sized enterprises |
SOM |
Senior Officials Meeting |
SRTA |
Sub-regional trading arrangement |
TILF |
Trade and investment liberalisation and facilitation |
TRIMS |
Trade related investment measures |
TRIPS |
[Agreement on] Trade-Related Intellectual Property Rights |
UNCTAD |
United Nations Conference for Trade and Development |
UNEDIFACT |
United Nations Electronic Data Interchange for Administration,
Commerce and Transport |
WTO |
World Trade Organization |