Abbreviations
- 50MAWS
50 Million African Women Speak Platform
- AB
Appellate Body
- ABAC
APEC Business Advisory Council
- ACWL
Advisory Center on WTO Law
- AFAWA
Affirmative Finance Action for Women in Africa
- AfCFTA
African Continental Free Trade Area
- AI
artificial intelligence
- ANZCERTA
Australia–New Zealand Closer Economic Agreement
- AoA
Agreement on Agriculture
- APEC
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
- ASCC
APEC Study Centers Consortium
- ASEAN
Association of Southeast Asian Nations
- ASELA
Association of Entrepreneurs of Latin America
- AU
African Union
- BIT
bilateral investment treaties
- BPfA
Beijing Platform for Action
- BPO
business process outsourcing
- BRICS
Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa
- CAFRA
Caribbean Association Feminist Research and Action
- CARICOM
Caribbean Community
- CCFTA
Chile–Canada Free Trade Agreement
- CEDAW
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women
- CEO
Chief Executive Officer
- CETA
Comprehensive and Economic Trade Agreement
- CGE
computable general equilibrium
- CIDA
Canadian International Development Agency
- CIFTA
Canada–Israel Free Trade Agreement
- COMESA
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa
- CORFO
Chilean Economic Development Agency
- CPTPP
Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership
- CSO
civil society organizations
- CUSFTA
Canada–US Free Trade Agreement
- CUSMA
Canada–United States–Mexico Agreement
- DAWN
Decade for Women and Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era
- DEPA
Digital Economy Partnership Agreement
- DG
Director-General
- DIRECON
General Directorate of International Economic Relations
- DR
domestic regulation
- DSM
dispute settlement mechanism
- DSU
dispute settlement understanding
- EAC
East African Community
- EASSI
East African Sub-Regional Support Initiative
- ECA
Economic Commission for Africa
- ECCAS
Economic Community of Central African States
- ECE
Economic Commission for Europe
- ECLAC
UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
- ECOSOC
Economic and Social Council
- ECOWAS
Economic Community of West African States
- EEZs
Exclusive Economic Zones
- EIA
Economic Impact Assessment
- EIF
Enhanced Integrated Framework
- EPZ
Export Processing Zone
- ESCAP
Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
- FAO
Food and Agriculture Organization
- FDI
foreign direct investment
- FTA
free trade agreement
- FTAA
Free Trade Agreement of Americas
- GAC
Global Affairs Canada
- GATS
General Agreement on Trade in Services
- GATT
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
- GBA Plus or GBA+
Gender-Based Analysis Plus
- GDP
gross domestic product
- GSP
Generalized System of Preferences
- GTAGA
Global Trade and Gender Arrangement
- GTAP
Global Trade Analysis Project
- GTG
Gender Technical Working Group
- GVCs
global value chains
- HIPC
heavily indebted poor countries
- IADB
Inter-American Development Bank
- IBRD
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
- ICRW
International Centre for Research on Women
- ICSID
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
- ICT
information and communications technology
- ICTSD
International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development
- IDA
International Development Association
- IEC
International Electrotechnical Commission
- IEO
Independent Evaluation Office
- IFC
International Finance Corporation
- IGC
International Gender Champions
- IIA
International Investment Agreements
- ILO
International Labour Organization
- ILRI
International Livestock Research Institute
- IMF
International Monetary Fund
- INGO
international non-governmental organizations
- IO
international organizations
- IPR
intellectual property rights
- ISO
International Organization for Standardization
- IT
information technology
- ITAG
Inclusive Trade Action Group
- ITC
International Trade Centre
- ITTC
Institute for Training and Technical Cooperation
- ITU
International Telecommunications Union
- IWA
International Workshop Agreement
- IWG
Informal Working Group
- JSAG
Joint Strategic Advisory Group
- JSI
Joint Statement Initiative
- LAC
Latin America and the Caribbean
- LDC
least-developed country
- MAI
Multilateral Agreement on Investment
- MC1
1st Ministerial Conference
- MC11
11th WTO Ministerial Conference
- MC12
12th WTO Ministerial Conference
- MFN
Most Favoured Nation
- MIGA
Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency
- MNE
multinational enterprises
- MSME
micro, small and medium-sized enterprises
- NAC
National Action Committee on the Status of Women
- NAFTA
North American Free Trade Agreement
- NGO
non-governmental organization
- NTM
non-tariff measures
- OACPS
Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States
- OCT
overseas countries and territories
- ODA
Official Development Assistance
- OECD
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
- PAS
publicly available specification
- PPE
personal protective equipment
- PPfFS
Policy Partnership for Food Security
- PRGF
Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility
- PRSP
Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers
- PTA
preferential trade agreements
- R&D
research and development
- REC
regional economic communities
- RMAAM
Women’s Ministers and High Official Meeting of Mercosur
- RMALC
Mexican Action Network on Free Trade
- RMG
ready-made garment
- RTA
regional trade agreement
- S&DT
special and differential treatment
- SADC
Southern African Development Community
- SCC
Standards Council of Canada
- SCM
subsidies and countervailing measures
- SDG
Sustainable Development Goals
- SEZ
Special Economic Zones
- SIA
Sustainability Impact Analysis
- SIDS
small island developing states
- SME
small and medium-sized enterprises
- SPS
Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures
- STDF
Standards and Trade Development Facility
- STEM
science, technology, engineering and mathematics
- STR
Simplified Trade Regimes
- TBT
technical barriers to trade
- TFA
Trade Facilitation Agreement
- TFEU
Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union
- TiSA
Trade in Services Agreement
- TPRM
Trade Policy Review Mechanism
- TRIPS
Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights
- TRTA
trade-related technical assistance
- TTIP
Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
- UN
United Nations
- UN-FfD
United Nations Conference on Financing for Development
- UNCLOS
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
- UNCTAD
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
- UNDP
United Nations Development Programme
- UNECE
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
- UNGA
United Nations General Assembly
- UNWTO
United Nations World Tourism Organization
- UPS
United Parcel Service
- USAID
United States Agency for International Development
- USMCA
United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement
- VCLT
Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties
- WAEN
Women’s Alternative Economic Network
- WAND
Women and Development Unit
- WBG
World Bank Group
- WEF
World Economic Forum
- WIPO
World Intellectual Property Organization
- WLN
Women Leaders Network
- WP.6
Working Party on Regulatory Cooperation and Standardization Policies
- WPDR
Working Party on Domestic Regulation
- WTO
World Trade Organization
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