Asian Clearing Union

ASEAN free trade area (see ASEAN, below)

Asian monetary unit

Australia-New Zealand Closer Economic Relations and Trade Agreement

Association of South East Asian Nations

Central Bank of West African States (Banque centrale des Etats de l’Afrique de l’Ouest)

Bank of Central African States (Banque des Etats de l’Afrique Centrale)

Belgian-Luxembourg Economic Union

Central American Common Market

Common agricultural policy (of the EU)

Caribbean Common Market

Economic Community of Central African States

Central European free trade area

Economic Community of the Great Lakes Countries

Common effective preferential tariff of the ASEAN free trade area

Common external tariff (of Caricom)

Communauté financière africaine

Commonwealth of Independent States

Common monetary area

Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (dissolved)

Coordinating Committee for Multilateral Export Controls

Eastern Caribbean Central Bank

Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean

Economic Community of West African States (Cedeao)

European Coal and Steel Community

European currency unit

European economic area

European Free Trade Association

European monetary system

Exchange rate mechanism (of the EMS)

European Union (formerly European Community)

General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade

Gulf Cooperation Council (Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf)

Generalized system of preferences

Harmonized commodity description and coding system

Latin American Integration Association

London interbank offered rate

Southern Cone Common Market

Multifiber Arrangement

Most favored nation

Multilateral trade negotiations (the Uruguay Round)

North American Free Trade Agreement

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development

Organization of Eastern Caribbean States

Open general license

Preferential trade area for Eastern and Southern African states

Southern African Customs Union

South Pacific Regional Trade and Economic Cooperation Agreement

Unit of account of the PTA

Central African Customs and Economic Union

West African Economic Community (CEAO) (dissolved)

West African Economic and Monetary Union

West African Monetary Union

World Trade Organization (supercedes GATT)