AANZFTA | ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement |
ACIA | ASEAN Comprehensive Investment Agreement |
AEC | ASEAN Economic Community |
AEDP | Alternative Energy Development Plan |
APEC | Asia-Pacific Economic Community |
AMS | ASEAN Member State |
ASEAN | Association of Southeast Asian Nations |
ARC | Announcement of the Revolutionary Council |
BAU | Business As Usual |
BIT | Bilateral Investment Treaty |
BMA | Bangkok Metropolitan Area |
BCG | Bio Circular Green |
BOI | Board of Investment |
BUILD | Industrial Linkages Development Division |
CAGR | Compound Annual Growth Rate |
CBD | Convention on Biological Diversity |
CDM | Clean Development Mechanism |
CIT | Corporate Income Tax |
CLMV | Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, and Viet Nam |
CO2 | Carbon Dioxide |
COPTICS | Centre of Operational Policing for Thailand Against Intellectual Property Violations and Crimes on the Internet Suppression |
COVID-19 | Novel coronavirus; official name SARS-CoV-2 |
CPTPP | Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership |
DIP | Department of Intellectual Property |
DITP | Department of International Trade Promotion |
EEC | Eastern Economic Corridor |
EECi | Eastern Economic Corridor Innovation Hub |
EIA | Environmental Impact Assessments |
EHIA | Environment and Health Impact Assessments |
EPO | European Patent Office |
EU | European Union |
ESG | Environmental, Social, Governance |
EQMP | Environment Quality Management Plans |
EXIM Thailand | Export Import Bank of Thailand |
FBA | Foreign Business Act |
FDI | Foreign Direct Investment |
FTA | Free Trade Agreement |
GDP | Gross Domestic Product |
GPF | Government Pension Fund |
GVC | Global Value Chain |
ICT | Information and Communication Technology |
IIA | International Investment Agreement |
ILO | International Labour Organisation |
IMF | International Monetary Fund |
IP | Intellectual Property |
IPA | Investment Promotion Agency |
IPD | Board of Investment’s Investment Promotion Division |
ISDS | Investor State Dispute Settlement |
ISIC | International Standard Industrial Classification |
JICA | Japanese International Cooperation Agency |
JSCCIB | Joint Steering Committee on Commerce, Industry, and Banking |
LAC | Latin America and Caribbean |
MENA | Middle East and North Africa |
M&A | Merger and Acquisition |
MHESI | Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation |
MNE | Multinational Enterprise |
NAP | National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights |
NEQA | Natural Environment Quality Act |
NDC | Nationally Determined Contribution |
NESDC | National Economic and Social Development Council |
NHRCT | National Human Rights Commission of Thailand |
NSTDA | National Science and Technology Development Agency |
OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
OFDI | Outward Foreign Direct Investment |
OSMEP | Office of Small and Medium Enterprises Promotion |
OSOS | On Start One Stop Investment Centre |
OVEC | Vocational Education Commission |
PDP | Power Development Plan |
PFI | Policy Framework for Investment |
PRI | Principles for Responsible Investment |
RBC | Responsible Business Conduct |
RCA | Revealed Comparative Advantage |
R&D | Research and Development |
RCEP | Regional Economic Comprehensive Partnership |
SDG | Sustainable Development Goals |
SEA | Strategic Environmental Assessment |
SEC | Securities and Exchange Commission |
SET | Stock Exchange of Thailand |
SEZ | Special Economic Zone |
SOE | State-owned Enterprise |
SME | Small and Medium Enterprise |
STEM | Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics |
STC | Strategic Talent Centre |
NXPO | Office of National Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation Policy Council |
TAI | Thai Arbitration Institute |
TBA | Thai Bankers Association |
TGO | Thailand Greenhouse Gas Management Organisation |
THAC | Thailand Arbitration Centre |
THB | Thai Baht |
TRIPS | Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights |
T-VET | Thailand Voluntary Emission Trading Scheme |
UN | United Nations |
USD | United States Dollar |
USPTO | United States Patent and Trademark Office |
UNFCCC | United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change |
WEF | World Economic Forum |
WIPO | World Intellectual Property Organisation |
WWF | World Wildlife Fund |
WTO | World Trade Organisation |
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