Abbreviations and Terms

• ADB, Asian Development Bank
• ADF, African Development Fund
• AFL/CIO, American Federation of Labor/Congress of Industrial Organizations
• AID, Agency for International Development
• AISI, American Iron and Steel Institute
• AMC, American Motors Corporation
• ASEAN, Association of Southeast Asian Nations
• ASP, American Selling Price
• AVE, ad valorem equivalent
• b/d, barrels per day
• Benelux, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg
• BHN, basic human needs
• BIS, Bank for International Settlements
• BOP, balance of payments
• c/, with
• C–20, Committee of 20 (Committee on Reform of the International Monetary System)
• CAP, Common Agricultural Policy
• cc, carbon copy (term indicating that a copy of a document should be sent to someone)
• CCC, Commodity Credit Corporation
• CEA, Council of Economic Advisers
• CFF, Compensatory Finance Facility
• CFR, Council on Foreign Relations
• CIA, Central Intelligence Agency
• CIF, cost, insurance, and freight
• CIEC, Conference on International Economic Cooperation
• COET, Crude Oil Equalization Tax
• COMECON, Council for Mutual Economic Assistance
• COW, Committee of the Whole (United Nations)
• COWPS, Council on Wage and Price Stability
• CPI, Consumer Price Index
• CWPS, Council on Wage and Price Stability
• CVD, countervailing duty
• CY, calendar year
• D, Democrat
• DAC, Development Assistance Committee (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development)
• DC, developed country
• DCC, Development Coordination Committee
• DCI, Director of Central Intelligence
• DISC, Domestic International Sales Corporation
• DM, D-mark, deutschmark
• DNC, Democratic National Committee
• DOC, Department of Commerce
• DOD, Department of Defense
• DOE, Department of Energy
• DOI, Department of the Interior
• DOJ, Department of Justice
• DOL, Department of Labor
• DOT, Department of Transportation
• dols, dollars
• DPS, Domestic Policy Staff
• E, Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs
• EB, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, Department of State
• EB/IFD/OMA, Office of Monetary Affairs, International Finance and Development, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, Department of State
• EB/OT/GCP, General Commercial Policy Division, Office of International Trade, International Trade Policy, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, Department of State
• EC, European Commission; European Communities; European Community
• ECOSOC, Economic and Social Council (United Nations)
• ECU, European Currency Unit
• EDA, Economic Development Administration
• EEC, European Economic Community
• EMS, European Monetary System
• EPA, Economic Planning Agency (Japan); Environmental Protection Agency
• EPG, Economic Policy Group
• ERDA, Energy Research and Development Administration
• ESF, Economic Support Fund; Exchange Stabilization Fund
• EUR, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
• EUR/RPE, Office of Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, European Community, and Atlantic Political-Economic Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
• EUR/SOV, Office of Soviet Union Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
• EXIM, Export-Import Bank
• FAA, Foreign Assistance Act
• fas, free alongside ship
• FAO, Food and Agricultural Organization
• FCN, Friendship, Commerce, and Navigation (type of treaty)
• FITC, Foundation for International Technological Cooperation
• FMS, Foreign Military Sales
• FONOFF, Foreign Office
• FRB, Federal Reserve Board
• FRG, Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany)
• FSF, Financial Support Fund
• FY, fiscal year
• G–5, Federal Republic of Germany, France, Japan, United Kingdom, United States
• G–7, Canada, Federal Republic of Germany, France, Italy, Japan, United Kingdom, United States
• G–8, Australia, Canada, European Economic Community, Japan, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United States (Conference on International Economic Cooperation); Can__ada, Federal Republic of Germany, France, Italy, Japan, United Kingdom, United States, and the European Community (annual industrialized country economic summits)
• G–10, Belgium, Canada, Federal Republic of Germany, France, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States
• G–19, Algeria, Argentina, Brazil, Cameroon, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jamaica, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, Saudi Arabia, Venezuela, Yugoslavia, Zaire, Zambia (Conference on International Economic Cooperation)
• G–77, Group of 77, developing countries group established at the conclusion of the first United National Conference on Trade and Development in 1964
• GATT, General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
• GDR, German Democratic Republic (East Germany)
• GE, General Electric
• GM, General Motors
• GNP, gross national product
• GOJ, Government of Japan
• GOM, Government of Mexico
• Group B, developed country negotiating group in the Common Fund or United Nations Conference on Trade and Development negotiations
• GSA, General Services Administration
• GSP, Generalized System of Preferences
• H, Congressional Relations, Department of State
• HEW, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
• HMG, Her Majesty’s Government (United Kingdom)
• H.R., House of Representatives bill
• HUD, Department of Housing and Urban Development
• IBM, International Business Machines
• IBRD, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
• ICA, international commodity arrangement; International Communication Agency
• ICSID, International Center for the Settlement of International Disputes
• IDA, International Development Association
• IDB, Inter-American Development Bank
• IDCA, International Development Cooperation Agency
• IDLI, international development lending institution
• IDS, International Development Strategy
• IEA, International Energy Agency
• IETG, International Energy Technology Group
• IFAD, International Fund for Agricultural Development
• IFC, International Finance Corporation
• IFI, international financial institution
• ILO, International Labor Organization
• IMF, International Monetary Fund
• IMG, International Monetary Group
• INFCE, International Nuclear Fuel Cycle Evaluation Program
• INR, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
• IO, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State
• IPC, Integrated Program for Commodities
• IRS, Internal Revenue Service
• ISA, International Security Affairs (Department of Defense); International Sugar Agreement
• ISAC, Industry Sector Advisory Committee
• ISTC, Institute for Scientific and Technological Cooperation
• ITC, International Trade Commission
• IWA, International Wheat Agreement
• JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff
• JFY, Japanese fiscal year
• LDC, less developed country
• LDP, Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
• LLDC, landlocked developing country; least developed country
• LOS, Law of the Sea
• mbd, million barrels per day
• MBFR, Mutual and Balanced Force Reductions
• MDB, multilateral development banks
• memcon, memorandum of conversation
• MFA, Multifiber Arrangement
• MFN, most favored nation
• MITI, Ministry of International Trade and Industry (Japan)
• MNE, multinational enterprise
• MOF, Minister of Finance; Ministry of Finance
• mpg, miles per gallon
• mtg, meeting
• MTN, multilateral trade negotiations
• NAC, National Advisory Council
• NAM, Non-Aligned Movement; National Association of Manufacturers
• NASA, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
• NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization
• NIEO, New International Economic Order
• NIH, National Institutes of Health
• NPT, Non-Proliferation Treaty
• NRC, Nuclear Regulatory Commission
• NSC, National Security Council
• NSF, National Science Foundation
• NTM, non-tariff measure
• NTT, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone
• ODA, official development assistance
• OECD, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
• OMA, orderly marketing agreement
• OMB, Office of Management and Budget
• OPEC, Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
• OPIC, Overseas Private Investment Corporation
• OSTP, Office of Science and Technology Policy
• para, paragraph
• PD, Presidential Directive
• PL, Public Law
• PL 480, Food for Peace (formally Public Law 83–480, the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954)
• PRC, People’s Republic of China; Policy Review Committee
• PRM, Policy Review Memorandum
• R&D, research and development
• R, Republican
• reftel, reference telegram
• SA, substitution account
• SALT, Strategic Arms Limitation Talks
• SBA, Small Business Administration
• SDR, special drawing rights
• SEC, Securities and Exchange Commission
• SECTO, designation for a message sent from the Secretary of State
• septel, separate telegram
• S/P, Policy Planning Staff
• SPD, Social Democratic Party (Federal Republic of Germany)
• SPR, SPRO, Strategic Petroleum Reserve
• SSA, Security Supporting Assistance
• S&T, science and technology
• STABEX, Système de Stabilisation des Recettes d’Exportation (European Community)
• STR, Office of the Special Trade Representative
• TOGOV, designation for a message sent to the Governor
• TOSEC, designation for a message sent to the Secretary of State
• TPC, Trade Policy Committee
• TPM, trigger price mechanism
• TPSC, Trade Policy Staff Committee
• UAE, United Arab Emirates
• UAW, United Auto Workers
• UK, United Kingdom
• UN, United Nations
• UNCSTD, United Nations Conference on Science and Technology for Development
• UNCTAD, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
• UNDP, United Nations Development Programme
• UNESCO, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
• UNGA, United Nations General Assembly
• UNICEF, United Nations Children’s Fund
• UNIDO, United Nations Industrial Development Organization
• USDel, United States delegation
• USEC, United States Mission to the European Community
• USED, United States Executive Director (International Bank for Reconstruction and Development; International Monetary Fund)
• USG, United States Government
• USITC, United States International Trade Commission
• USTR, Office of the United States Trade Representative
• VAT, value added tax
• VW, Volkswagen
• WARC, World Administrative Radio Conference
• WCARRD, World Conference on Agrarian Reform and Rural Development
• WFC, World Food Council
• WHO, World Health Organization
• XCSS, Executive Committee, Special Session (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development)