ACP African, Carribean and Pacific (countries)

EMU Economic and Monetary Union

EU European Union

GATT General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade

G7 The governments of the seven most industrialised countries; USA, Japan, Germany, France, UK, Italy and Canada

IMF International Monetary Fund

INAISE International Association of Investors in the Social Economy

MAI Multilateral Agreement on Investments

NATO North Atlantic Treaty Alliance

OECD Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development

OSCE Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe

TNC Transnational corporation

UNO United Nations Organisation

WTO World Trade Organisation

bce before the common era (BC)

ce common era (AD)

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