494 NAFTA REVISITED: ACHIEVEMENTS AND CHALLENGES
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1 Acronyms AD AFL-CIO AgJOBS AGOA Alianza AMS ASERCA ASF Banamex bcf BECA BECC BEIF BIE BLS BRRA BTU CAFE CAFTA CAW CBI CBM CDC CEC antidumping American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations Agricultural Job Opportunity, Benefits, and Security Act African Growth and Opportunity Act Alianza para el Campo aggregate measurement of support Apoyos y Servicios a la Comercialización Agropecuaria Auditoría Superior de la Federacíon Banco Nacional de Mexico billion cubic feet Border Environmental Cooperation Agreement Border Environment Cooperation Commission Border Environment Infrastructure Fund Banco de Información Económica database (INEGI) Bureau of Labor Statistics Bus Regulatory Reform Act British thermal unit corporate average fuel economy Central American Free Trade Agreement Canadian Auto Workers Caribbean Basin Initiative coalbed methane US Centers for Disease Control North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation 493
2 CET CFE CIC CIMARIs CITT CLC CNOOC COFIDAN Conasupo CPS CRE CT CTM CUSFTA CWB CVD DOC DOE DOL DOT DOV DSB DSU ECC ECE ECM EEP EIA EIM EIS EKS EPA ERO ESI FAO FDI FERC FINASA FSIR FSLMRA FTA FTAA FTC GATT common external tariff Comisión Federal de Electricidad Citizenship and Immigration Canada Integrated Centers for Handling, Recycling, and Disposal of Hazardous Waste Canadian International Trade Tribunal Commission on Labor Cooperation China National Offshore Oil Company Corporación Financiera de América del Norte La Compañía Nacional de Subsistencias Populares Current Population Survey Comisión Reguladora de Energia Congreso del Trabajo Confederación de Trabajadores Mexicanos Canada-US Free Trade Agreement Canadian Wheat Board countervailing duty US Department of Commerce US Department of Energy US Department of Labor US Department of Transportation dried on vine WTO Dispute Settlement Body WTO Dispute Settlement Understanding Extraordinary Challenge Committee Evaluation Committee of Experts Energy Consultative Mechanism Export Enhancement Program Encuesta Industrial Anual Encuesta Industrial Mensual environmental impact statement environmental Kuznets curve US Environmental Protection Agency electricity reliability organization Environmental Sustainability Index Food and Agriculture Organization foreign direct investment Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Financiera Nacional Azucarera SA Fair and Secure Immigration Reform Federal Service Labor-Management Relations Act free trade agreement Free Trade Area of the Americas Free Trade Commission (NAFTA) General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 494 NAFTA REVISITED: ACHIEVEMENTS AND CHALLENGES
3 HFCS HS HTS ICSID IDP ILO IMSS INE INEGI INET INS IRCA IT ITA ITI JPAC LCE LGEEPA LIRLF LNG MAI MEA Mercosur MFA MFN MJDS MOU mtrv NAAEC NAALC NADBank NAEWG NAFTA NAFTA-TAA NAICS NAO NEP NERC NGO NLRA high-fructose corn syrup Harmonized System Harmonized Tariff System International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes NADBank Institutional Development Cooperation Program International Labor Organization Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social Instituto Nacional de Ecologia Instituto Nacional de Estadistica, Geografia, e Informatica Indigenous Network of Economies and Trade Immigration and Naturalization Service Immigration Reform and Control Act information technology US International Trade Administration intraindustry trade index Joint Public Advisory Committee Ley de Comercio Exterior Ley General del Equilibrium Ecológico y la Protección al Ambiente Low Interest Rate Lending Facility liquefied natural gas Multilateral Agreement on Investment Multilateral Environmental Agreement Mercado Común del Sur Multi-Fiber Arrangement most-favored nation Multi-Jurisdictional Disclosure System memorandum of understanding metric tons raw value North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation North American Agreement on Labor Cooperation North American Development Bank North American Energy Working Group North American Free Trade Agreement NAFTA Transitional Adjustment Assistance North American Industry Classification System national administrative offices National Energy Program North American Electric Reliability Council nongovernmental organization National Labor Relations Act ACRONYMS 495
4 NLRB OECD OPEC OSHA PAFN PAN PCB Pemex PITEX PRB PRD PRI Procampo Profepa RPS RTO SAW SCM SEC Secofi Sedesol Semarnat SIC SIMBAD SITC SLA SMD SOLVE SPS STPS SUV SWEP SWL TAA tcf Telmex TFP TN TRIMs TRQs UAW UFW National Labor Relations Board Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries Occupational Safety and Health Administration Programa Ambiental de la Frontera Norte de Mexico Partido Acción Nacional polychlorinated biphenyls Petróleos Mexicanos Programa de Importación Temporal para Producir Artículos de Exportación Population Reference Bureau Partido de la Revolución Democrática Partido Revolucionario Institucional Programa de Apoyos Directos para el Campo Procuraduría Federal de Protección al Ambiente renewable portfolio standard regional transmission organization special agricultural worker WTO Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures Securities and Exchange Commission Secretaria de Comercio y Fomento Industrial Direcion de Residuos Solidos Municipales Secretaría de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales Standard Industrial Classification Sistema Municipal de Bases de Datos database (INEGI) Standard International Trade Classification US-Canada Agreement on Trade in Softwood Lumber standard market design Safe, Orderly, Legal Visas and Enforcement Act sanitary and phytosanitary Secretaria del Trabajo y Prevision Social sport utility vehicle Solid Waste Environmental Program softwood lumber Trade Adjustment Assistance trillion cubic feet Telefonos de Mexico total factor productivity temporary visa (NAFTA) WTO Agreement on Trade-Related Investment Measures tariff rate quotas United Auto Workers United Farm Workers 496 NAFTA REVISITED: ACHIEVEMENTS AND CHALLENGES
5 UI UNCITRAL UNICEF UNT USCIS USITC USTR WAFP WHO WTO unemployment insurance United Nations Commission on International Trade Law United Nations Children s Fund Unión Nacional Trabajadores US Citizenship and Immigration Services US International Trade Commission United States Trade Representative Wheat Access Facilitation Program World Health Organization World Trade Organization ACRONYMS 497
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