| ACTPN |
Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations |
| ALOP |
Appropriate Level of Protection |
| AQIS |
Australian Quarantine Inspection Service |
| AMA |
Australian Medical Association |
| ANZCERTA |
Australia New Zealand Closer Economic Relations Trade Agreement |
| AUS-US FTA |
Australia and the United States Free Trade Agreement |
| AUSFTA |
Australia and the United States Free Trade Agreement |
| CIE |
Centre for International Economics |
| CLRC |
Copyright Law Review Committee |
| DAFF |
Department of Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries |
| DCITA |
Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts |
| DFAT |
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade |
| DoHA |
Department of Health and Ageing |
| ETM |
Elaborately Transformed Manufactures |
| FIRB |
Foreign Investment Review Board |
| FTA |
Free Trade Agreement |
| GATS |
General Agreement on Trade in Services |
| GATT |
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade |
| IFAC-3 |
Industry Functional Advisory Committee on Intellectual Property Rights for Trade Policy Matters |
| IP |
Intellectual Property |
| IPCRC |
Australian Intellectual Property and Competition Review Committee |
| IRA |
Import Risk Analysis |
| ISP |
Internet Service Provider |
| IT |
information technology |
| JSCFADT |
Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence |
| JSCOT |
Joint Standing Committee on Treaties |
| MFN |
Most Favoured Nation |
| NAFTA |
North America Free Trade Agreement |
| NGO |
non- government organisation |
| NIA |
National Interest Analysis |
| NIEIR |
National Institute of Economic and Industry Research |
| PBAC |
Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee |
| PBPA |
Pharmaceutical Benefits Pricing Authority |
| PBS |
Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme |
| PC |
Productivity Commission |
| PTA |
Preferential Trade Agreements |
| R&D |
Research and Development |
| RTA |
Regional Trade Agreement |
| SPS |
Sanitary and Phytosanitary |
| TGA |
Therapeutic Goods Administration |
| TRIPs |
Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights |
| TPMs |
Technological Protection Measures |
| US |
United States (of America) |
| USTR |
United States Trade Representative |
| WIPO |
World Intellectual Property Organisation |
| WTO |
World Trade Organisation |