** The Commonwealth — UK government site

** Commonwealth of Nations Secretariat *

** Commonwealth Foundation

** Royal Commonwealth Society

** Commonwealth of Australia

** Commonwealth of Kentucky

** Commonwealth of Massachusetts

** Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

** Commonwealth of Virginia

** Commonwealth of Puerto Rico

** Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands

** Commonwealth of Diverse Cultures: Poland's Heritage

** Qualified accountant: Chartered Accountant ( ACA-UK certification / CA-certification in Commonwealth countries ), Chartered Certified Accountant ( ACCA, UK certification ), Certified Public Accountant ( CPA, US certification ), ACMA / FCMA ( Associate / Fellow Chartered Management Accountant ) from Chartered Institute of Management Accountant ( CIMA ), UK.

** Remembrance Day ( United Kingdom and the Commonwealth of Nations, including Australia and Canada )

** Elizabeth II ( born 1926 ), Queen regnant of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms

** In a status referendum, Puerto Rico residents vote with a slim margin to maintain Commonwealth status.

** Apartheid: The South African Citizenship Act suspends the granting of citizenship to British Commonwealth immigrants after 5 years and imposes a ban on mixed marriages.

** The Balfour Declaration is approved by the 1926 Imperial Conference, making the Commonwealth dominions equal and independent.

** The British colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia federate as the Commonwealth of Australia.

** Cyprus joins the Commonwealth of Nations, becoming the first small country in the Commonwealth.

** South Africa withdraws from the Commonwealth of Nations.

** South Africa officially leaves the Commonwealth of Nations.

** The New Democratic Party of Canada is founded with the merger of the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation ( CCF ) and the Canadian Labour Congress.

** UN Conference on Trade & Development ( UNCTAD )

** Trade: 26. 4 %

** Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora

** Trade and Technician Skills Institute

** Albania officially joins the World Trade Organization.

** The Uruguay Round of General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ( GATT ) talks reach a successful conclusion after 7 years.

** General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ( GATT ) inaugurated.

** The Republic of Angola officially joins the World Trade Organization, as Angola.

** The World Trade Organization ( WTO ) is established to replace the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ( GATT ).

** European Free Trade Association ( EFTA ) established.

** Groundbreaking takes place for the World Trade Center.

** The North Tower of the World Trade Center is topped out at 1, 368 feet ( 417 m ), making it the tallest building in the world.

** The Slave Trade Act becomes law, abolishing the slave trade in the British Empire.

** Caribbean Free Trade Association ( CARIFTA ) formed.

** Fire breaks out in the World Trade Center.

** New Deal: The Federal Securities Act is signed into law, requiring the registration of securities with the Federal Trade Commission.

** Under the leadership of British Prime Minister Robert Peel, the British Parliament repeals the Corn Laws, replacing the old Colonial mercantile trade system with Free Trade.

** Deputy United States Trade Representative ( Washington Office ): Ambassador Demetrios Marantis

** Deputy United States Trade Representative ( Geneva Office ): Ambassador Michael Punke

** Deputy United States Trade Representative ( Washington Office ): Ambassador Miriam Sapiro

** Trade Credit

** Trade, the trading of something of economic value such as goods, services, information or money

** Natural Resources Defense Council site on the Environmental Impacts of the World Trade Center Attacks