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Italy, Japan, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South
Africa, South Korea, Turkey, the United Kingdomand
the United States—along with the European Union)
G5:
Group of Five (France, Germany, Italy, the United
Kingdom and Spain)
G8:
Group of Eight (Canada, France, Germany, Italy,
Japan, Russia, United Kingdom and the United
States)
GAMM:
Global Approach to Migration and Mobility
GATT:
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
GDP:
Gross domestic product
GTIC:
Group on Information and Communications
Technologies
ICMPD:
International Centre for Migration Policy
Development
ICO:
Instituto de Crédito Oficial
(in English, Official
Credit Institute)
IEB:
Instituto de Economía de Barcelona
(in English,
Barcelona Institute of Economics)
IECAH:
Instituto de Estudios sobre Conflictos y
Acción Humanitaria
(in English, Institute of
Studies on Conflicts and Humanitarian Action)
IEP:
Institut für Europäische Politik
(in English,
Institute for European Politics)
IGF-Spain:
Internet Governance Forum in Spain
IISS:
International Institute for Strategic Studies
IMF:
International Monetary Fund
INE:
Instituto Nacional de Estatística (Portugal)
INTA:
Committee on International Trade
IOM:
International Organization for Migration
IPCC:
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
ISCTE-IUL:
Higher Institute of Business and Labour
Sciences-University Institute of Lisbon
ISDS:
Investor State Dispute Settlement
ISEG:
Instituto Superior Economia e Gestão
(in
English, Lisboa School of Economics and
Management)
ISIL:
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Libor:
London InterBank Offered Rate
LPR:
Luhansk People’s Republic
MAEC:
Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores y de
Cooperación
(in English, Ministry of Foreign
Affairs and Cooperation of Spain)
MERCOSUR:
Mercado Común del Sur
(in English,
Southern Common Market)
MMS:
Multimedia Messaging Service
MNC:
Multinational Corporation
NATO:
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NGO:
Non-governmental organization
OCDE:
Organisation for Economic Co-operation
OSCE:
Organization for Security and Co-operation in
Europe
PNR:
Passenger Name Record
PPP:
Public-private partnership
RSPP:
Radio Spectrum Policy Programme
SIPRI:
Stockholm International Peace Research
Institute
SME:
Small and medium-sized enterprise
SMS:
Short Message Service
SRF:
Single resolution fund
SRM:
Single Resolution Mechanism
SSM:
Single Supervisory Mechanism
SWP:
Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik
(in English,
German Institute for International and Security
Affairs)
TEN-E:
Trans-European energy networks
TEU:
Treaty on European Union
TFEU:
Treaty on the Functioning of the European
Union
TIEA:
Tax information exchange agreements (s)
TPA:
Trade Promotion Authority
TPP:
Trans-Pacific Partnership
TTIP:
Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
UHF:
Ultra High Frequency
UK:
United Kingdom
UN:
United Nations
UNASUR:
Unión de Naciones Suramericanas
(in
English, Union of South American Nations)
UNDP:
United Nations Development Programme
UNED:
Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia
(in English, National University of Distance
Education)
UNHCR:
United Nations High Commissioner for
Refugees
UNICEF:
United Nations Children’s Fund
UNRWA:
United Nations Relief and Works Agency
for Palestine Refugees in the Near East
USA:
United States of America
USD:
United States dollar
USSR:
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
VAT:
Value-added tax
WTO:
World Trade Organization