English: FIPA – foreign investment protection (and promotion) agreement FSA – Financial Services Agency (Japan) 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 GDP – gross domestic product GM – genetically modified GMO – genetically modified organism G7/8 – Group of seven leading industrialized nations plus the Russian Federation ICT – information and communication technologies IEC – Intergovernmental Economic Commission  IMF – International Monetary Fund ISO – International Organization for Standardization IT – information technology JAS – Japan Agricultural Standards JETRO – Japan External Trade Organization LDC – least-developed country MAFF – Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (Japan) Mercosur – Southern Cone Common Market (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay) MFN – most-favoured nation MMPA – Marine Mammal Protection Act (U.S.) MOU – memorandum of understanding MRA – mutual recognition agreement NAFTA – North American Free Trade Agreement NEBS – New Exporters to Border States OECD – Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development OIE – World Organization for Animal Health (OIE, formerly known as the Office International des Epizooties) PEMEX – PetrÃ³leos Mexicanos (Mexico's state oil firm) SAGIT – sectoral advisory group on international trade SCFAIT – Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade SME – small and medium-sized enterprise SPS – sanitary and phytosanitary SPWG – Special Partnership Working Group (Canada-Korea)  STAR – Secure Trade in the APEC Region TBT – technical barriers to trade TEA-21 – Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (U.S.)
French: Federal Highway Administration FMI – Fonds monÃ©taire international G8 – Groupe des sept pays les plus industrialisÃ©s plus la FÃ©dÃ©ration de Russie GATT – Accord gÃ©nÃ©ral sur les tarifs douaniers et le commerce  GCSCE – Groupe de consultations sectorielles sur le commerce extÃ©rieur GM – gÃ©nÃ©tiquement modifiÃ© GTPS – Groupe de travail pour un partenariat spÃ©cial Canada-CorÃ©e IDCE – Investissement direct canadien Ã l'Ã©tranger IED – Investissement Ã©tranger direct ISO – Organisation internationale de normalisation ITC – Commission du commerce internationale des Ã‰tats-Unis JETRO – Organisation japonaise de commerce extÃ©rieur MAECI – MinistÃ¨re des Affaires Ã©trangÃ¨res et du Commerce international Mercosur – MarchÃ© commun du CÃ´ne Sud (Argentine, BrÃ©sil, Paraguay et Uruguay) MMPA – Loi sur la protection des mammifÃ¨res marins (Ã‰tats-Unis) NEEF – Nouveaux exportateurs aux Ã©tats frontaliers NTT – Nippon Telegraph and Telephone OCDE – Organisation de coopÃ©ration et de dÃ©veloppement Ã©conomiques OGM – Organisme gÃ©nÃ©tiquement modifiÃ© OIE – Organisation mondiale de la santÃ© animale (anciennement connue sous le nom Office international des Ã©pizooties) OMC – Organisation mondiale du commerce OTC – Obstacle technique au commerce PE – Protocole d'entente PEMEX – PetrÃ³leos Mexicanos (sociÃ©tÃ© publique de pÃ©trole du Mexique) PIB – Produit intÃ©rieur brut PMA – Pays les moins avancÃ©s PME – Petites et moyennes entreprises SPS – Sanitaire et phytosanitaire STAR – Initiative sur le commerce sÃ©curitaire dans la rÃ©gion de l'APEC TEA-21 – (Ã©.-U.)