Abbreviations used in the Case Studies

ACP	African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States
AD	anti-dumping
ADA	Anti-dumping Agreement
ASEAN	Association of South East Asian Nations
ATC	Agreement on Textiles and Clothing AU African Union
CARICOM	Caribbean Common Market
CB	Capacity Building
COMECON	Informal name for Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (CMEA)
COMESA	Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa
CSO	Civil Society Organization
CVD	Countervailing Duties
DCs	Developing Countries
DDA	Doha Development Agenda
DRC	Democratic Republic of Congo
EAC	East African Community
EBA	Everything but Arms
EC	European Community
ECOWAS	Economic Community of West African States
EPA	Economic Partnership Agreement
ESA	East and Southern Africa
EU	European Union
FANR	Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources
FAO	Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
FTAA	Free Trade Area of the Americas
GATS	General Agreement on Trade in Services
GATT	General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
GDP	Gross Domestic Product
I&S	infrastructure and Services
IGAD	Inter-Governmental Authority on Development
IITC	Inter-institutional Trade Committee
IMF	International Monetary Fund
IOC	Indian Ocean Commission
ITC	International Trade Centre UNCTAD/WTO
JITAP	Joint Integrated Technical Assistance Programme
LDC	Least Developed Country
LMG	Like-Minded Group
MERCOSUR	Southern Common Market
NAFTA	North American Free Trade Agreement
NFIDC	Net Food-Importing Developing Countries
NWGT	National Working Group on Trade
OECD	Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
PRSP	Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers
PTA	Preferential Trade Area
RECs	Regional Economic Communities
RIRN	Regional Integration Research Network Project
RTA	Regional Trade Agreement
S&D	Special and Differential Treatment
SAARC	South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation
SACU	Southern Africa Customs Union
SADC	Southern Africa Development Community (successor to SADCC)
SADCC	Southern African Development Co-ordination Conference
SATRN	Southern Africa Trade Research Network
SCM	Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures
SHD&SP	Social and Human Development and Special Programmes
SIDS	Small Island Developing States
SPS	Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures
SVE	Small and Vulnerable Economies
TBT	Technical Barriers to Trade
TIFI	Trade, Industry, Finance and Investment
TRIPS	Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights
TRQ	Tariff Rate Quota
TRTA	Trade-Related Technical Assistance
UEMOA	Union Économique et Monétaire Ouest-Africaine
UNCTAD	United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
UNIDO	United Nations Industrial Development Organization
WTO	World Trade Organization