Nepal
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16-Nov-2018 Nepali Times
US-Nepal trade and investment forum
The United States engaged with Nepal to identify ways to increase intellectual property protections and facilitate foreign investment, as well as greater market access and reform in Nepal’s agricultural sector.
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21-Jun-2018 Asia Times
Nepal PM’s China visit may see a reset of bilateral ties
Nepalese Prime Minister KP Oli’s visit this time to Beijing is being looked at as a careful balancing act to maintain ties with both India and China.
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10-Oct-2017 Daily Star
Dhaka-Kathmandu agree to remove trade barriers
Bangladesh and Nepal have agreed to examine existing tariffs and remove non-tariff barriers and para-tariff measures to reverse the very low level of bilateral trade.
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18-Apr-2017 Kathmandu Post
Nepal-US trade talks to focus on boosting output
The bilateral meeting will focus on looking for ways to expand production of the 66 products to which the US has been providing duty-free access through the Trade Preferences Act (TPA).
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18-May-2016 The Himalayan Times
Nepal, United States scheduled to sit for talks next month
The upcoming council meeting will cover raft of issues related to trade and investments. Nepal has been preparing to lure investors from the US by showcasing various projects in hydropower, tourism, industry and service sectors.
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29-Mar-2016 Free Press
Nepal signs trade point pact with China to offset India’s trade monopoly
Among the ten agreements sealed by both countries include a feasibility study on the establishment of a Free Trade Agreement.
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28-Sep-2015
India’s act ‘breaches’ int’l conventions, agreements
Experts have termed India’s unofficial trade blockade on Nepal as a breach of international conventions and multilateral agreements that both Nepal and India have signed.
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23-Oct-2014 Kantipur
China for quick signing of Bippa with Nepal: Gautam
China has proposed Nepal to sign a Bilateral Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement (Bippa) during Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister Bamdev Gautam’s visit to the northern neighbour.
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4-Oct-2013 Kantipur
Bilateral FTAs emerge as Safta talks in limbo
With the implementation of the South Asian Free Trade Agreement (Safta) remaining in limbo, Nepal has been negotiating with a number of South Asian countries to sign bilateral Free Trade Agreements.
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21-Aug-2013 Business Recorder
FTA draft handed over to Nepal: Dar
Pakistan Senator Ishaq Dar said that a draft of the Free Trade Agreement between Pakistan and Nepal was handed over to the Nepalese side during the sixth session of Pakistan-Nepal Joint Economic Commission.
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15-Feb-2012 Fibre2Fashion
Nepal-US TIFA meeting postponed to Sept
At the upcoming meeting, Nepali entrepreneurs are expecting that the Government would work out a bilateral Free Trade Agreement (FTA) to improve garment and Pashmina item exports to the US, exports of which have been declining since 2000.
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24-Aug-2011 Republica
Homework for trade talks with India, US begins
The government of Nepal has initiated preparation for trade talks with the country’s two crucial trade partners — India and the US.
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28-Jun-2011 Himalayan Times
US business team in Nepal looking for investment opportunity
The visit — by a team including Johnson & Johnson, GE Healthcare, Rockwell Automation, Monsanto, and Bell Helicopter — demonstrates renewed US interest in Nepal’s economy building on the recently-signed US-Nepal Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA).
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22-May-2011
Nepal: Bilateral trade talks with Bhutan on Tuesday
Nepal and Bhutan are holding bilateral trade talks in Bhutanese capital city Thimpu on Tuesday in order to promote bilateral trade between the two landlocked countries in South Asia.
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30-Mar-2011 Republica
Seal on TIFA deal by mid-April
Nepal and the United States are set to sign a Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) in mid-April.
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15-Mar-2011
Nepal to reduce sensitive list under SAFTA
Nepal is proposing removal of about 260 items from existing sensitive list of goods for imports at the upcoming meeting of South Asian Free Trade Agreement (SAFTA) scheduled to be held in the last week of March in Kathmandu.
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14-Oct-2010 Himalayan Times
HIV victims send SOS to EU, India
National Association of People Living with HIV and AIDS in Nepal today urged the European Union and the Indian Embassy to withdraw intellectual property provision in the bilateral EU and India Free Trade Agreement that will undermine the production, registration and worldwide availability of essential generic drugs.
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27-Sep-2010 Himalayam Times
Nepal-Pakistan to sign FTA in October
Nepal and Pakistan are planning to ink Free Trade Agreement during the meeting of Joint Economic Commission scheduled for October.
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25-Jul-2010 Hindustan Times
Pak-Nepal plan free trade pact: Report
Pakistan and Nepal plan to ink a Free Trade Agreement (FTA), with a high-level bilateral task force set to finalise the pact soon in a bid to boost bilateral trade and business, a news report said today.
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12-May-2010 República
Nepal invites US official to sign TIFA
Nepal has invited Deputy US Trade Representative Demetrios Marantis for signing Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA), which the two countries negotiated out last month.
