علائم اختصارى(Abbreviations) [1]

Some of the abbreviations and acronyms used in the WTO:

ACP African, Caribbean and Pacific Group( Lome? Convention )

AD, A- D Anti- dumping measures

AFTA ASEAN Free Trade Area

AMS Aggregate measurement of support( agricunture )

APEC Asia- Pacific Economic Cooperation

ASEAN Association o Southeast Asian Nations

ATC Agreement on Textiles and Clothing

CBD Convention on Biologicla Diversity

CCC( former )Customs Co- operation Council) now WCO (

CER] Australia New Zealand [Closer Economic Relations] Trade Agreement [( also ANCERTA )

COMESA Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa

CTD Committee on Trade and Development

CTE Connittee on Trade and Environment

CVD Countervailing duty( subsidies )

DDA Doha Development Agenda

DSB Dispute Settlement Body

DSU Dispute Settlement Understanding

EC European Conmunities

EFTA European Free Trade Association

EU European Union( officially European Communities in WTO )

FAO Food and Agriculture Organizatio

GATS General Agreement on Trade in Services

GATT General Agreement on Tarifs and Trade

GSP Generalized System of Preferences

HS Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System

ICITO Interin Commission for the International Trade Organization

ILO International Labour Organization

IMF International Monetary Fund

ITC International Trade Centre

ITO International Trade Organization

MEA Multilateral environmental agreement

MERCOSUR Southern Common Market

MFA Multifibre Arrangement( replaced by ATC )

MFN Most- favoured- nation

MTN Multilateral trade negotiations

NAFTA North American Free Trade Agreement

[1] ايروانى، محمد جواد، شناخت سازمان تجارت جهانى، 1جلد، موسسه مطالعات و پژوهشهاى بازرگانى - ايران - تهران، چاپ: 1، 1383 ه.ش.