The implications of the Uruguay Round Agreement on Agriculture for developing countries



List of abbreviations

 

ACP Africa, Caribbean and Pacific (countries)
AMS Aggregate Measure of Support
CAP Common Agricultural Policy
DS Domestic Support
DSB Dispute Settlement Body
DSU Dispute Settlement Unit
EC European Community
ESAF Enhanced Structural Adjustment Loan
EU European Union
FAO Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations
FTA Free Trade Area
GATT General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
GSP Generalised System of Preferences
ICITO Interim Committee of the International Trade Organisation
IFPRI International Food Policy Research Institute
IMF International Monetary Fund
ITO International Trade Organisation
MFN Most Favoured Nation
NTB Non-Tariff Barrier
OECD Organisation of Economic Co-operation and Development
PPA Protocols of Provisional Application
PSE Producer Subsidy Equivalent
RTA Regional Trade Agreement
SAF Structural Adjustment Facility
SAL Structural Adjustment Loan
SAP Structural Adjustment Programme
SECAL Sector Adjustment Loan
SSG (symbol for special safeguard provision marking Commodities in the Country Schedules)
SSP Special Safeguard Provision
TPRB Trade Policy Review Body
TPRM Trade Policy Review Mechanism
TRIPs Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights
TRQ Tariff Rate Quota
UN United Nations
UNCTAD United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
UR Uruguay Round
USA United States of America
VER Voluntary Export Restraint
WTO World Trade Organisation