| FDA | U.S. Food and Drug Administration |
| FTAA | Free Trade Area For The Americas |
| FTC | U.S. Federal Trade Commission |
| GATT | General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (now WTO) |
| MAI | Multinational Agreement on Investment |
| NAFTA | North America Free Trade Agreement |
| NIH | U.S. National Institutes of Health |
| TRIPS | Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights |
| USPTO | United States Patent and Tradmark Office |
| USTR | United States Trade Representative |
| WIPO | World Intellectual Property Organization |
| WTO | World Trade Organization (previously GATT) |