Linking trade with investment is a remedy for the problem of Nepal’s trade with India

One of the key objectives of Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli’s participation in the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland last week was to draw international attention to the investment summit scheduled for March this year.

Export subsidies and import control measures are inadequate to beat the trade deficit  

It is logical to examine whether Nepal’s affiliation with the WTO has benefitted it

The runaway trade deficit cannot be checked without radical steps to reduce imports

BIMSTEC seems to have too many things on its plate which is slowing it down

Deepening of economic integration in South Asia is not possible without expansion of intra-regional trade

In a globalised world, an individual country has immense opportunities to exploit international markets.

It is not likely that export will expand and diversify through paltry cash subsidies to exporters

Is Nepal still devoted to farming as it was before? It would not be incorrect to say no. If the country’s food import bill for the last couple of years is any indication, the answer is an emphatic no.

The two-day ministerial meeting of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multisectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (Bimstec), that wrapped up in Kathmandu on 11 August has pushed for a free trade agreement among the seven member countries.

Speaking about his brainchild, the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), at a programme in Kathmandu recently,

Even after more than two decades, Nepal has not gained much from integration with the global economy

Besides aiding poverty reduction, remittance has also led to a rise in trade deficit

This is what Nepal needs to do to gain from the recently announced US preferences