ASEAN–Australia–New Zealand Free Trade Agreement

Asian Clearing Union (Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Islamic Republic of Iran, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka)

Authorized dealer

ASEAN Free Trade Area (see ASEAN, below)

African Growth and Opportunity Act (United States)

Asian monetary unit

Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao P.D.R., Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam)

Central Bank of West African States (Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Niger, Senegal, Togo)

Bank of Central African States (Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon)

Central American Common Market (Belize, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua)

Central African Economic and Monetary Community (members of the BEAC)

Central American Free Trade Agreement

Common agricultural policy (of the EU)

Caribbean Community and Common Market (Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Montserrat, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago); The Bahamas is also a member of CARICOM, but it does not participate in the Common Market

Central bank

Central European Free Trade Area (Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovak Republic, Slovenia)

Economic Community of the Great Lakes Countries (Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda)

Common external tariff

Communauté financière d’Afrique (administered by the BCEAO) and Coopération financière en Afrique centrale (administered by the BEAC)

Chartered Institute of Management Accountants Code of Ethics for Professional Accountants

Commonwealth of Independent States (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan)

Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora

Common Monetary Area (a single exchange control territory comprising Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, and Swaziland)

Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (dissolved; formerly Bulgaria, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, German Democratic Republic, Hungary, Mongolia, Poland, Romania, U.S.S.R., Vietnam)

Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Burundi, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Namibia, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sudan, Swaziland, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe)

East African Community

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

European Council (Council of the European Union)

European Central Bank

Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines)

Eastern Caribbean Currency Union

Economic Community of West African States (Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Côte d’Ivoire, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo)

European Coal and Steel Community

European Economic Area

European Financial Stability Facility

European Financial Stability Mechanism

European Free Trade Association (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland)

European Investment Bank

European Economic and Monetary Union (Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Portugal, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain)

Export processing zone

Exchange rate mechanism (of the European monetary system)

European Union (formerly European Community); Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom)

Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering (of the OECD)

Foreign direct investment

Foreign exchange certificate

Former Soviet Union

Group of Seven advanced economies (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, United Kingdom, United States)

Greater Arab Free Trade Agreement

Gulf Cooperation Council (Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf; Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates)

Generalized System of Preferences

International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank)

International Monetary Fund

Latin American Integration Association (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela)

Letter of credit

London interbank bid rate

London interbank offered rate

Southern Cone Common Market (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Venezuela)

Most favored nation

Ministry of finance

North American Free Trade Agreement

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development

Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines)

Open general license

Over the counter

Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations (of the Pacific Islands Forum; Australia, Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, New Zealand, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu)

Pacific Island Countries Trade Agreement (of the Pacific Islands Forum); Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu)

Regional Council on Public Savings and Financial Markets (an institution of WAEMU countries that is involved in issuance and marketing of securities authorization)

Regional Integration Facilitation Forum (formerly Cross-Border Initiative); Burundi, Comoros, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Namibia, Rwanda, Seychelles, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe)

Southern African Customs Union (Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland)

Southern Africa Development Community (Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe)

Special drawing right

Undertakings for the Collective Investment of Transferable Securities

Central African Customs and Economic Union (Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon)

United Nations

UN Security Council

Value-added tax

West African Economic and Monetary Union (formerly WAMU; members of the BCEAO)

West African Monetary Agency (formerly WACH)

West African Monetary Zone

Exchange rate mechanism (of the WAMZ)

World Trade Organization