APPENDIX 4: GLOSSARY
ACP African, Caribbean and Pacific
Countries
ASEAN Association of Southeast Asian Nations
BBA British Bankers' Association
BERR Department for Business, Enterprise
and Regulatory Reform
CAP Common Agricultural Policy
CARIFORUM Caribbean Forum of ACP States
CBI Confederation of Business Industry
CEO Chief Executive Officer
CIDSE Coopération Internationale
pour le Développement at la Solidarité
COMESA Common Market for Eastern and Southern
Africa
DfID Department for International Development
DG Trade Directorate-General for Trade Policy,
European Commission
EAC East African Community
ECIPE European Centre for International
Political Economy
EPA Economic Partnership Agreement
EU European Union
FTA Free Trade Agreement
FYR Former Yugoslav Republic
GDP Gross Domestic Product
ICC UK International Chamber of Commerce
UK
ICTSD International Centre for Trade and
Sustainable Development
IFSL International Financial Services
London
IMD Institute for Management Development (Business
School at Lausanne University)
IMF International Monetary Fund
ITC International Trade Centre
LDC Least Developed Countries
MEP Member of the European Parliament
MP Member of Parliament
NAMA Non-Agricultural Market Access
NGO Non-Governmental Organisation
OECD Organisation for Economic Cooperation
and Development
SACU South African Customs Union
SADC South African Development Community
USA United States of America
UNCTAD United Nations Conference on Trade
and Development
UAE United Arab Emirates
WTO World Trade Organisation
| 
