ASEAN Beyond the Regional Crisis: Challenges and Initiatives

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x Glossary© 2001 Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore GLOSSARY AAECP ASEAN-Australia Economic Co-operation Programme ADB Asian Development Bank AERR ASEAN Emergency Rice Reserves AFSR ASEAN Food Security Reserve AFSRB ASEAN Food Security Reserve Board AFTA ASEAN Free Trade Area AIA ASEAN Investment Area AIC ASEAN Industrial Complementation (scheme) AICO ASEAN Industrial Co-operation (scheme) AIJV ASEAN Industrial Joint Ventures AIP ASEAN Industrial Projects AMAF ASEAN Ministers of Agriculture and Forestry ANZCERTA Australia-New Zealand Closer Economic Relations and Trade Agreement APEC Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation ARF ASEAN Regional Forum ARIC Asian Recovery Information Centre ASC ASEAN Standing Committee ASEM Asia-Europe Meeting ASP ASEAN Surveillance Process ASQ ASEAN Surveillance Quality (Unit) BBC Brand to Brand Complementation (scheme) BIS Bank for International Settlements BPA Bilateral Payments Arrangements CEPT Common Effective Preferential Scheme CLMV Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, and Vietnam COFAF Committee on Food, Agriculture and Forestry CSCAP Council on Security Co-operation in the Asia-Pacific ECB escape-clause-based ECOTECH economic and technical co-operation EFTA European Free Trade Area EIP Environment Improvement Project EMEAP Executives’ Meeting of East Asia-Pacific (Central Banks) EU European Union Glossary xi© 2001 Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore EVSL Early Voluntary Sectoral Liberalization EPG Eminent Persons Group FAO Food and Agriculture Organization FDI foreign direct investment FTA Free Trade Area FTAA Free Trade Area of the Americas G-7 group of seven industrialized countries GATS General Agreement on Trade in Services GATT General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade GDP gross domestic product GNP gross national product GSP Generalized System of Preferences HSBC Hongkong Shanghai Banking Corporation HYVs high yielding varieties IAP Individual Action Plan IILP Inter-Institutional Linkages Program IL Inclusion List ILLR international lender of last resort IMF International Monetary Fund ITTO International Tropical Timber Organization LIBOR London Interbank Offer Rate LLR lender of last resort MAPA Manila Action Plan for APEC MEM Meeting of Economic Ministers MERCOSUR Mercado Comun del Cono Sur (including Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay) MFN most-favoured-nation MOP margin of preference NAFTA North American Free Trade Agreement NEACD Northeast Asian Co-operation Dialogue NGOs non-governmental organizations NTBs non-tariff barriers NTMs non-tariff measures OECD Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development PITO Private Investment and Trade Opportunities (Project) PIWP Policy Implementation and Work Programme PTA Preferential Trading Arrangement REMU Regional Economic Monitoring Unit RETA regional technical assistance xii Glossary© 2001 Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore RLLR regional lender of last resort RTA Regional Trading Arrangement SAARC South Asia Association for Regional Co-operation TAC Treaty of Amity and Co-operation TEL Temporary Exclusion List TEMSEA transitional economies of mainland Southeast Asia TIPP Trade and Investment Promotion Program TRIMs Trade-related Investment Measures TRIPs Trade-related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights UNDP United Nations Development Programme UNEP United Nations Environment Programme WTO World Trade Organization ...