| ANCAP | Administración Nacional de Combustibles, Alcohol y Portland |
| ANTEL | Administración Nacional de Telecomunicaciones |
| ARD | Alternative dispute resolution |
| BCU | Banco Central del Uruguay (Central Bank of Uruguay) |
| BIAC | Business and Industry Advisory Committee to the OECD |
| BIT | Bilateral Investment Treaty |
| CEOs | Chief executive officers |
| CIT | Corporate Income Tax |
| Conaprole | National milk producers cooperative |
| CPI | Corruption Perception Index |
| CSR | Corporate Social Responsibility |
| DB | Doing Business |
| ECI | Economic Complexity Index |
| EU | European Union |
| EUR | Euro |
| FDI | Foreign direct investment |
| FET | Fair and equitable treatment |
| G20 | Group of 20 |
| GAFI | Groupe d’Action Financière |
| GATS | General Agreement on Trade in Services |
| GCR | Global Competitiveness Report |
| GDP | Gross Domestic Product |
| GFCF | Gross Fixed Capital Formation |
| GPA | Agreement on Government Procurement |
| GVCs | Global value chains |
| IADB | Inter-American Development Bank |
| ICMSICS | Integrated Case Management System Investment Court System |
| ICSID | International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes |
| IFC | International Finance Corporation |
| IIA | International investment agreement |
| ILO | International Labour Organisation |
| IMF | International Monetary Fund |
| IPA | Investment Promotion Agency |
| IP | Intellectual Property |
| IPRISA | Investment Policy Review Investor-state arbitration |
| ISO | International Organisation for Standardisation |
| ISDS | Investor-state dispute settlement |
| ICT | Information & Telecommunications Technology |
| JUTEPKBEs | Office for Transparency and Public Ethics Knowledge-based economies |
| M&AMEAT | Mergers and Acquisitions Most Economically Advantageous Tender |
| MEF | Ministry of Economy and Finance |
| Mercosur | Southern Cone Common Market |
| MFN | Most-Favoured Nation |
| MNEsMRREE | Multinational Enterprises Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
| MTSS | Ministry of Labour and Social Security |
| MVOTMA | Ministry of Housing, Territorial Planning and Environment |
| NCP | National Contact Point for the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises |
| NGO | Non-Governmental Organisation |
| NT | National treatment |
| OASOECD | Organisation of American States Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| OG | Official Gazette (Diario Oficial) |
| OPP | Office of Planning and Budget |
| OSS | One-Stop Shop |
| PFI | Policy Framework for Investment (OECD) |
| PPP | Public-Private Partnership |
| PTA | Preferential Trade Agreement |
| RBC | Responsible Business Conduct |
| R&D | Research and development |
| RIA | Regulatory Impact Assessment |
| SEZs | Special Economic Zones |
| SMEs | Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises |
| SOEs | State-Owned Enterprises |
| SPE | Special Purpose Entity |
| SWFs | Sovereign Wealth Funds |
| TiVA | Trade in value added |
| TUAC | Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD |
| TNCs | Transnational Corporations |
| TRIPS | Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights |
| UN | United Nations |
| UNCITRAL | United Nations Commission on International Trade Law |
| UNCTAD | United Nations Conference on Trade and Development |
| UN-ECLAC | United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean |
| USD | US dollar |
| UTE | National Administration for Electricity Plants and Transmissions |
| UYUWBG | Uruguayan peso World Bank Group |
| WEF | World Economic Forum |
| WGIPR | Working Group for the OECD Investment Policy Review (Uruguay) |
| WIPO | World Intellectual Property Organisation |
| WTO | World Trade Organisation |
OECD Investment Policy Reviews: Uruguay
