PSE Producer subsidy equivalent( agriculture )

PSI Pre- shipment inspection

S D, SDT Special and diferential treatment( for developing countries )

SAARC South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation

SDR Special Drawing Rights( IMF )

SELA Latin American Economic System

SPS Sanitary and phytosanitary measures

TBT Technical barriers to trade

TMB Textiles Monitoring Body

TNC Trade Negotiations Committee

TPRB Trade Policy Review Body

TPRM Trade Policy Review Mechanism

TRIMs Trade- related investment neasures

TRIPS Trade- related aspects of intellectual property rights

UN United Nations

UNCTAD UN Conference on Trade and Development

UNDP UN Development Programme

UNEP UN Environment Programme

UPOV International Union or the Protection of New Varieties of Plants

UR Uruguay Round

VER Voluntary export restraint

VRA Voluntary restraint agreement

WCO World Customs Organization

WIPO World Intellectual Property Orglnization

WTO World Trade Organization

For a comprehensive list of abbreviations and glossary of terms used in international trade, see, for example:

Walter Goode, Dictionary of Trade Policy Terms, 4 th Edition, Cambridge University Press, 3002.

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