| APEC |
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation |
| BATNA |
Best Alternative To a Negotiated Agreement |
| CD |
Commercial Diplomacy |
| CPIL |
Code of Public International Law |
| DC |
Developing Country |
| DSB |
Dispute Settlement Body |
| DSM |
Dispute Settlement Mechanism |
| FTA |
Free Trade Area |
| GATS |
General Agreement on Trade in Services |
| GATT |
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade |
| GMO |
Genetically Modified Organism |
| ICDP |
International Commercial Diplomacy Project |
| ILO |
International Labour Organisation |
| IMF |
International Monetary Fund |
| LDC |
Least-Developed Country |
| MEA |
Multilateral Environmental Agreement |
| MFN |
Most Favored Nation |
| NAFTA |
North American Free Trade Agreement |
| NGO |
Non Government Organization |
| NTB |
Non Tariff Barrier |
| NTR |
Normal Trade Relations |
| OECD |
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development |
| RTA |
Regional Trade Agreement |
| SPS |
Sanitary and Phytosanitary |
| TRIPS |
Trade-Related aspects of Intellectual Property Rights |
| UNCTAD |
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development |
| WIPO |
World Intellectual Property Organization |
| WTO |
World Trade Organization |