Abbreviations

AACA
Architects Accreditation Council of Australia
ABCC
Australian British Chamber of Commerce
ABS
Australian Bureau of Statistics
ACTU
Australian Council of Trade Unions
AEU
Australian Education Union
AFTINET
Australian Fair Trade and Investment Network
AMR
Antimicrobial resistance
ANU
Australian National University
ANU-LRSJ
ANU Law Reform and Social Justice Research Hub
ATNIA
Australian Treaty National Interest Analysis
ATNIF
Australian Treaty Not yet In Force
ATS
Australian Treaty Series
AUD
Australian dollars
AUKFTA
Free Trade Agreement between Australia and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
AWU
Australian Workers’ Union
CBPR
Cross-Border Privacy Rules
CFMMEU
Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union
COP
Conference of the parties
CPTPP
Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership
CT Act
Coastal Trading (Revitalising Australian Shipping) Act 2012
DFAT
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
DITRDCA
Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts
EABC
European Australian Business Council
EIF
Entry into force
EU
European Union
FTA
Free trade agreement
GATS
General Agreement on Trade in Services
GATT 1994
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994
GBE
Government business enterprise
GBPBritish pound sterling
GDPR
General Data Protection Regulation
GI
Geographical indication
GPA
Agreement on Government Procurement
HS Convention
International Convention on the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System
ICT
Information and communications technology
ILO
International Labour Organization
ILO Declaration
International Labour Organization Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work and its Follow-up
IMF
International Monetary Fund
IP
Intellectual property
ISDS
Investor-state dispute settlement
ISP
Internet service provider
IUU
Illegal, unreported and unregulated
JSCOT
Joint Standing Committee on Treaties
MFN
Most-favoured-nation
MRA
Mutual recognition arrangement
MUA
Maritime Union of Australia
NAFTA
North American Free Trade Agreement
NFF
National Farmers’ Federation
NFU
National Farmers’ Union (United Kingdom)
NIA
National Interest Analysis
OECD
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
OIE
World Organization for Animal Health
ONS
Office for National Statistics (United Kingdom)
QTS
Qualified Teacher Status
RIS
Regulation Impact Statement
RVC
Regional value content
SCM Agreement
Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures
SDRSpecial Drawing Rights
SME
Small and medium-sized enterprise
SOE
State-owned enterprise
SPS
Sanitary or phytosanitary
SPS Agreement
Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures
TAFE
Technical and Further Education
TBT AgreementAgreement on Technical Barriers to Trade
TBT Committee
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade
TPP
Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement
TRIPS
Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights
TRQ
Tariff rate quota
TSS
Temporary skills shortage
UK
United Kingdom
US
United States
USD
US dollars
USMCA
United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement
VET
Vocational education and training
WIPO
World Intellectual Property Organization
WTO
World Trade Organization

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