{"id":138,"date":"2016-06-09T13:13:32","date_gmt":"2016-06-09T17:13:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iisd.org\/toolkits\/sustainability-toolkit-for-trade-negotiators\/?page_id=138"},"modified":"2016-09-12T12:57:46","modified_gmt":"2016-09-12T16:57:46","slug":"acronyms","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/toolkits\/sustainability-toolkit-for-trade-negotiators\/acronyms\/","title":{"rendered":"Acronyms"},"content":{"rendered":"<table style=\"height: 354px;\" width=\"672\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>ASEAN<\/td>\n<td>Association of South-East Asian Nations<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BIT<\/td>\n<td>Bilateral Investment Treaty<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>CAFTA-DR<\/td>\n<td>Central America \u2013 U.S. \u2013 Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>CARIFORUM<\/td>\n<td>The Caribbean Forum<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>CEC<\/td>\n<td>(North American) Commission on Environmental Cooperation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>CETA<\/td>\n<td>(Canada-EU) Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>CITES<\/td>\n<td>Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>CSR<\/td>\n<td>corporate social responsibility<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>EC<\/td>\n<td>European Commission<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>ECA<\/td>\n<td>environmental cooperation agreement<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>EFTA<\/td>\n<td>Iceland, the Principality of Liechtenstein, the Kingdom of Norway and the Swiss Confederation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>EIA<\/td>\n<td>environmental impact assessment<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>EPA<\/td>\n<td>economic partnership agreement<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>EU<\/td>\n<td>European Union<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>FET<\/td>\n<td>fair and equitable treatment<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>FTA<\/td>\n<td>Free trade agreement<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>FTAA<\/td>\n<td>Free Trade Area of the Americas<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>GATS<\/td>\n<td>General Agreement on Trade in Services<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>GATT<\/td>\n<td>General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>ICC<\/td>\n<td>international criminal code<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>ICSID<\/td>\n<td>International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>IIA<\/td>\n<td>international investment agreement<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>IISD<\/td>\n<td>International Institute for Sustainable Development<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>IP<\/td>\n<td>intellectual property<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>IPFSD<\/td>\n<td>Investment Policy Framework for Sustainable Development<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>IPR<\/td>\n<td>intellectual property right<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>ISDS<\/td>\n<td>investor\u2013state dispute settlement<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>MEA<\/td>\n<td>multilateral environmental agreement<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>MFN<\/td>\n<td>most-favoured nation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>MST<\/td>\n<td>minimum standard of treatment<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>NAAEC<\/td>\n<td>North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>NAFTA<\/td>\n<td>North American Free Trade Agreement<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>RTIA<\/td>\n<td>regional trade and investment agreement<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>SADC<\/td>\n<td>Southern African Development Community<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>SDG<\/td>\n<td>Sustainable Development Goals<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>SPS<\/td>\n<td>sanitary and phytosanitary<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>TEPAC<\/td>\n<td>U.S. Trade and Environment Policy Advisory Committee<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>TiSA<\/td>\n<td>Trade in Services Agreement<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>TPP<\/td>\n<td>Trans-Pacific Partnership<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>TRIMs<\/td>\n<td>Agreement on Trade-Related Investment Measures<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>TRIPs<\/td>\n<td>Agreement on Trade-Related Intellectual Property Rights<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>TTIP<\/td>\n<td>Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>UNCITRAL<\/td>\n<td>United Nations Commission on International Trade Law<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>UPOV<\/td>\n<td>International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>U.S.<\/td>\n<td>United States<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>USTR<\/td>\n<td>United States Trade Representative<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>WTO<\/td>\n<td>World Trade Organization<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ASEAN Association of South-East Asian Nations BIT Bilateral Investment Treaty CAFTA-DR Central America \u2013 U.S. \u2013 Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement CARIFORUM The Caribbean Forum CEC (North American) Commission on Environmental Cooperation CETA (Canada-EU) Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement CITES Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora CSR corporate social<a class=\"excerpt-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/toolkits\/sustainability-toolkit-for-trade-negotiators\/acronyms\/\" title=\"ReadAcronyms\">&#8230; 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