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APEC ARF ASC ASEAN ASEM BBC BIT BOOT BOP BOT BT BTO CAP CARICOM CBM CEPT CIA CIDA CNN CPE DES EAEC EC ECOSOC ECU EEC EEZ EMS EMS EPZ ESCAP FAO FBI FDI FIFA FS GATT GDP GNI GNP GSP GSTP HOLLAND IAEA IAP IBC IBRD ICAO American Broadcasting Company Asia Development Bank ASEAN Free Trade Area ASEAN Investment Area ASEAN Industrial Cooperation Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Organization ASEAN Institute of Technology American Stock Exchange ASEAN Ministerial Meeting / Post Ministerial Conference Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation ASEAN Regional Forum ASEAN Standing Committee Association of Southeast Asian Nations Asia-Europe Meeting British Broadcasting Corporation Bilateral Investment Treaty Build-Own-Operate-Transfer Balance of Payment Build-Own-Operate Build-Transfer Build-Transfer-Operate Collective Action Plan (APEC) Caribbean Community Confidence Building Measures Common Effective Preferential Tariffs Central Intelligence Agency Canadian International Development Agency Cable News Network Centrally Planned Economy Department of Education and Science European Atomic Energy Community European Committee/East Central Economic and Social Council (UN) European Currency Unit European Economic Community European Economic Zone European Monetary System Express Mail Service Export Processing Zone Economic And Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific Food and Agricultural Organization Federal Bureau of Investigation Foreign Direct Investment Federal International Football Association Feasibility Study General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade Gross Domestic Product Gross National Income Gross National Product Generalized System of Preferences Global System of Trade Preferences Hope Our Love Lasts and Never Dies International Atomic Energy Agency Individual Action Plan (APEC) International Beverage Company International Bank for Reconstruction and Development International Civil Aviation Organization

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International Court of Justice International Development Association International English Language Testing System International Finance Corporation (WB) International Labour Organization International Monetary Fund International Maritime Organization International Criminal Police Organization International Organization for Migration I Owe You Intellectual Property Intellectual Property Right International Standardization Organization Information Technology I Trust You and Love You Japan External Trade Organization Japan International Cooperation Agency Joint Venture Letter of Credit Local Area Network Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation Less Developed Country Least Developed Country Master of Arts Most-Favored Nation Missing International Action Ministry of Education and Training Memorandum of Understanding Master of Science North American Free Trade Area National Aeronautics and Space Administration North Atlantic Treaty Organization Non-Governmental Organization Newly Industrializing Country National Treatment Non-Tariff Barrier Organization of American States Organization of African Unity Official Development Assistance Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries Preliminary English Test Palestine Liberation Organization Prisoner of War Research and Development Rest In Peace Recover-Operate-Transfer Southeast Asian Association for Regional Cooperation Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Save As You Earn Special Drawing Right Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization Southeast Asian Nuclear Weapon-Free Zone Save Our Soul Sealed With A Kiss Tuberculosis Transnational Corporation Test of English as Foreign Language Test of Spoken English Test of Written English

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United Nations United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea United Nations Conference on Trade and Development United Nations Development Program United Nations Environment Program United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization United Nations Fund for Population Activities United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees United Nations Childrens Fund United Nations Industrial Development Organization Universal Postal Union Uruguay Round United States Agency for International Development Value-Added Tax Voluntary Export Restriction Very Important Person Vietnam Manufacturing and Export Processing, Co. Ltd. Voice of America Voice of Vietnam World Bank World Economic Forum World Food Council United Nations World Food Program World Health Organization World Intellectual Property Organization World Trade Organization World Tourism Organization World Wide Web Zone of Peace, Freedom and Neutrality