Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation: New Agenda in Its Third Decade

List of Abbreviations

Abbreviations 3T Telecommunication, Transportation, and Tourism ABAC APEC Business Advisory Council ABTC APEC Business Travel Card ABTH APEC Business Travel Handbook ADB Asian Development Bank AFAS ASEAN Framework Agreement on Services AFTA ASEAN Free Trade Area APEC Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation APIAN APEC International Assessment Network ASCC APEC Study Center Consortium ASEAN Association of Southeast Asian Nations ATIGA ASEAN Trade in Goods Agreement C-J-ROK China-Japan-Republic of Korea CAP Collective Action Plan CEP comprehensive economic partnership CEPEA Comprehensive Economic Partnership for East Asia CER Closer Economic Relationship CGE computable general equilibrium CMI Chiang Mai Initiative COP Conference of the Parties CTI Committee for Trade and Investment CUL concerted unilateral liberalization DDA Doha Development Agenda DRR Disaster Risk Reduction EAC East Asian community EAEC East Asian Economic Caucus EAFTA East Asia Free Trade Area EAS East Asia Summit EAVG East Asian Vision Group xiv Abbreviations ECFA Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement EDIFACT Electronic Data Interchange forAdministration, Commerce and Transport EODB Ease of Doing Business EPA Economic Partnership Agreement EPG Eminent Persons Group ESC Ecotech Subcommittee ESTA Electronic System for Travel Authorization EVSL Early Voluntary Sector Liberalization FDI foreign direct investment FTA free trade agreement/free trade area FTAA Free Trade Area of the Americas FTAAP Free Trade Area of the Asia-Pacific GATS General Agreement in Trade in Services GATT General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade GDP gross domestic product GPA Government Procurement Agreement HSC Harmonized Standard Classification IAEG International Atomic Energy Commission IAP Individual Action Plan IEC International Electrotechnical Commission IFAP Investment Facilitation Action Plan IMF International Monetary Fund IPR intellectual property rights ISO International Organization for Standardization JACEP Japan-ASEAN Comprehensive Economic Partnership KIEP Korean Institute of International Economic Policy LAISR Leaders’ Agenda to Implement Structural Reform LPI Logistics Performance Index MAPA Manila Action Plan for APEC METI Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry, Japan MFN most favoured nation MM Ministerial Meeting MRA Mutual Recognition Agreement MRT Ministers Responsible for Trade MTST Mid-Term Stock-Take NAFTA North American Free Trade Area Abbreviations xv NBIP non-binding investment principles NTM non-tariff measures OAA Osaka Action Agenda ODA official development assistance OECD Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development PAFTAD Pacific Trade and Development Conference PASC Pacific Association for Standards and Conformance PBEC Pacific Basin Economic Council PBF Pacific Business Forum PECC Pacific Economic Cooperation Council PFP Partners for Progress PMC Post Ministerial Conference PNG Papua New Guinea ROO Rules of Origin RTA Regional Trade Agreement S&C standards and conformance SAA Stabilisation and Association Agreement SCCP Subcommittee on Custom Procedures SCSC Subcommittee for Standards and Conformance SME small and medium enterprises SOM Senior Officials’ Meeting STAR Secure Trade in APEC Regions TAC Treaty of Amity and Cooperation TFAP Trade Facilitation Action Plan TFEP Task Force on Emergency Preparedness TILF trade and investment liberalization and facilitation TPP Trans-Pacific Strategic Partnership TPRM Trade Policy Review Mechanism TPSEP Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership TRIM trade related investment measures TRIPS Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights UR Uruguay Round URA Uruguay Round Agreement USTR Office of the United States Trade Representative VAP Voluntary Arrangement for the Pacific WCO World Customs Organization WTO World Trade Organization ...