REPA Booklet - Stop Epa
REPA Booklet - Stop Epa
REPA Booklet - Stop Epa
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Abbreviations<br />
ACP<br />
African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of countries<br />
ADB<br />
Asian Development Bank<br />
AGAPE<br />
Alternative Globalisation Addressing Peoples and Earth<br />
APEC<br />
Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (forum)<br />
BIT<br />
Bilateral Investment Treaty<br />
ECOSOC<br />
European Commission Economic & Social Committee<br />
EBA<br />
Everything But Arms<br />
EDF<br />
European Development Fund<br />
EEC<br />
European Economic Community (pre-1993)<br />
EPA<br />
Economic Partnership Agreement<br />
EU European Union (from 1993)<br />
GATS<br />
(WTO) General Agreement on Trade in Services<br />
GATT<br />
(WTO) General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade<br />
GSP<br />
General System of Preferences<br />
IMF<br />
International Monetary Fund<br />
IPPA<br />
Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement<br />
LDCs<br />
Least Developed Countries<br />
MAI<br />
Multilateral Agreement on Investment<br />
MFN<br />
Most Favoured Nation status<br />
MSG<br />
Melanesian Spearhead Group<br />
NAFTA<br />
North American Free Trade Agreement<br />
NGO<br />
Non-Government Organisation<br />
NSAs<br />
Non-State Actors<br />
NZ<br />
New Zealand<br />
OECD<br />
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development<br />
PACP (Pacific ACP)<br />
Pacific members of the ACP<br />
PACER<br />
Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations<br />
PICTA<br />
Pacific Island Countries Trade Agreement<br />
PNG<br />
Papua New Guinea<br />
<strong>REPA</strong><br />
Regional Economic Partnership Agreement<br />
ROOs<br />
Rules of Origin<br />
SPARTECA<br />
South Pacific Regional Trade and Economic Cooperation Agreement<br />
TEAG<br />
Trade Experts Advisory Group<br />
US<br />
United States of America<br />
VAT<br />
Value added tax<br />
WCC<br />
World Council of Churches<br />
WTO<br />
World Trade Organisation<br />
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