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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 />

A People’s Guide To The Pacific’s Economic Partnership Agreement 7

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