The report and papers of the symposium held in Geneva on 23-24 September 199 are contained in Vol. I of the present publication.
This volume contains the 14 country case studies, which were prepared early in 1999 by consultants and were distributed in preliminary form at the symposium (as well as being made available on the Internet. They have subsequently been revised for publication by the FAO Commodities and Trade Division, which is also responsible for the final content.
The introduction to, and synthesis of, the studies (Part One of the present volume) has likewise been prepared on the sole responsibility of the FAO secretariat, which wishes to express its appreciation to the consultants for their contributions.
ACP |
African, Caribbean and Pacific |
AMS |
Aggregate Measurement of Support |
AoA |
Agreement on Agriculture |
ATC |
Agreement on Textiles and Clothing |
BSE |
bovine spongiform encephalopathy |
CAP |
Common Agricultural Policy (of EC) |
CARICOM |
Caribbean Community |
CET |
Common External Tariff |
CFA |
Communauté Financière Africaine |
CIS |
Commonwealth of Independent States |
CoA |
Committee on Agriculture (of WTO) |
COMESA |
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa |
EC |
European Community |
ECU |
European Currency Unit |
EU |
European Union |
FAO |
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
GATS |
General Agreement on Trade in Services |
GATT |
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade |
GB |
green box |
GDP |
gross domestic product |
GMOs |
genetically modified organisms |
GSP |
Generalized System of Preferences |
HFTA |
high temperature forced air |
HS |
Harmonized System (Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System) |
IIASA |
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis |
IFPRI |
International Food Policy Research Institute |
IMF |
International Monetary Fund |
LDC |
least developed country |
LIBOR |
London Interbank Offered Rate |
LIFDC |
low-income food-deficit country |
MERCOSUR |
Southern Common Market (Mercado Común del Sur) |
MFA |
Multifibre Arrangement |
MFN |
most favoured nation |
NAFTA |
North American Free Trade Area |
NFIDC |
net food-importing developing country |
NGO |
non-governmental organization |
NPS |
non-product specific |
NTB |
non-tariff barrier |
NTC |
non-trade concern |
ODCs |
other duties or charges |
OECD |
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development |
PSE |
Producer Support Estimate (of OECD) |
PVP |
plant variety protection |
RTA |
regional trade agreement |
SACU |
Southern African Customs Union |
SADC |
Southern African Development Community |
SAP |
structural adjustment programme |
SARD |
sustainable agricultural and rural development |
SDT |
special and differential treatment |
SPARTECA |
South Pacific Regional Trade and Economic Cooperation Agreement |
SPS |
Sanitary and Phytosanitary |
SSG |
special safeguard (measures) |
STE |
state trading enterprise |
TBT |
technical barriers to trade |
TRIMS |
trade-related investment measures |
TRIPS |
trade-related aspects of intellectual property rights |
TRQ |
tariff rate quota |
UNCTAD |
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development |
UR |
Uruguay Round |
USDA |
United States Department of Agriculture |
UEMOA |
West African Economic and Monetary Union (Union économique et monétaire ouest-africaine) |
VAT |
Value added tax |
WFS |
World Food Summit |
WTO |
World Trade Organization |
