AAA - American Arbitration Association
ADR - alternative dispute resolution
AoA - Agreement on Agriculture

APEC - Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation
ASEAN - Association of South-East Asian Nations
B2B - business-to-business
BIFA - British International Freight Association
BS - British Standards

CA - Certification Authority
CAP - Common Agricultural Policy
CEMA - HM Customs and Excise Management Act 1979
CFI - EC Court of First Instance
CIC - Credit Industriel et Commercial
CIF - Cost Insurance Freight
CITES - Convention against the International Trade in Endangered Species
CMB - China Merchants Bank

CO - Certificate of Origin
CRF - clean report of findings

DDA - Doha Development Agenda
DG Trade - Directorate-General for External Relations
DSB - Dispute Settlement Body
DSM - Dispute Settlement Mechanism
DSU - Dispute Settlement Understanding

EC - European Community
ECGD - Export Credit Guarantee Department
ECJ - European Court of Justice
ECP - Electronic Commerce Project (ICC)
ECU - European currency unit
EDI - electronic data interchange
EEC - European Economic Community
EFTA - European Free Trade Area
EMS - European Monetary System
EU - European Union
EUROFER - European Confederation of Iron and Steel Industries

FEDERTESSILE - Italian Textile Foundation
FCA - Free Carrier
FIATA - International Federation of Freight Forwarders Association
FOB - Free on Board

FTA - Free Trade Agreement

FTAA - Free Trade Area of the Americas

GATS - General Agreement on Trade in Services
GATT - General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
GSP - General System of Preferences
GUIDEC - General Usage for Internationally Digitally Ensured Commerce

ICC - International Chamber of Commerce
IFIA - International Federation of Inspection Agencies
IFIA - International Federation of Inspection Agencies
ILSA - Iran and Libya Sanctions Act
IMF - International Monetary Fund
IOE - Institute of Export
ISBP - International Standard Banking Practice
ISO - International Standards
ISP - International Standby Practices
ITO - International Trade Organization

LCIA - London Court of International Arbitration
LDC(s) - less developed country/countries
LIFFE - London International Financial Futures Exchange

MFA - Multifiber Arrangement
MFN - Most Favored Nation
NAFTA - North American Free Trade Agreement
NVOC - non-vessel owning carrier

OECD - Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
OEM - original equipment manufacturer
OMA - orderly marketing arrangement
OPEC - Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries

PKI - public key infrastructure
Pofec - Principles of Fair Electronic Contracting (ICC)
PSI - pre-shipment inspection service

QR - quantitative restrictions

RTA - regional trade agreement

SGS - Société Générale de Surveillance SA
SPS - Agreement on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures
SWIFT - Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication

TBR - Trade Barriers Regulation
TBT - technical barriers to trade
TIMS - Trade-related Investment Measures Agreement
TRIPS - Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights
TPRM - Trade Policy Review Mechanism

UCP 400 - earlier version: Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits
UCP 500 - Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits
UNCITRAL - United Nations Commission on International Trade Law
UNCTAD - United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
URC - Uniform Rules for Collection
URCB - Uniform Rules for Contract Bonds
URDG - Uniform Rules for Demand Guarantees

VAT - value added tax
VER - voluntary export restraint

WCF - World Chambers Federation
WCN - World Chambers Network
WIPO - World Intellectual Property Organization
WTO - World Trade Organization