ACRONYMS, Alphabetical Order

AHF        Anhydrous Hydrogen Fluoride (Hydrofluoric Acid, precursor to Saran).
APMT Asia-Pacific Mobile Telecommunications (China)
ATM Asynchronous Transfer Method
BLM Bureau of Land Management
BXA Bureau of Export Affairs, Commerce Department
CASC China Aerospace Corporation
CEQ Council on Environmental Quality
CEO Chief Executive Officer
CGWIC China Great Wall Industry Corporation
CIA Central Intelligence Agency
CITIC China International Trust and Investment Corporation
CIV Civilian Transfer License, Replaced GLX
CMC Central Military Council (China)
COCOM Coordinating Committee for Multilateral Controls
COSCO China Ocean Shipping Company
COSTIND Commission of Science, Technology, and Industry for National Defense (China)
CRS Congressional Research Service
CTBT Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
CWC Chemical Weapons Convention
DOD Department of Defense
DOE Department of Energy
EIS Environmental Impact Statement
EO Executive Order
FBI Federal Bureau of Investigation
GAO General Accounting Office of the United States
GLX General License Transfer
HKBA Hong Kong Bank of Australia
HPC High Performance Computers
IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency
ICBM Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles
KMI Key Management Infrastructure
MCC Multinational Counter-Narcotics Center
MFN Most Favored Nation
MOFTEC Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation (China)
MRBM Medium Range Ballistic Missiles
MTCR Missile Technology Control Regime
MTOPS Millions of Theoretical Operations Per Second
NEPA National Environmental Protection Agency
NOCINCO North Chemical Industries Corporation (China)
NPT Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty
OSMRE Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
PLA People’s Liberation Army (China)
PLC Pre-License Check
PRC People’s Republic of China
POW/MIA Prisoners of War / Missing In Action
SAFE Security and Freedom Through Encryption Act
SBA Small Business Administration
SDH Synchronous Digital Hierarchy
WMD Weapons of Mass Destruction

 

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