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Negotiating for Nepal: MCC to BRI | Idea of Nepal with Semanta Dahal
Biswas Baral interviews Semanta Dahal, a lawyer practising in Nepal for over a decade and half. Dahal has an L.L.M. degree with specialisation in International Economic Law and International Law from the University of Nottingham.bookmark
Published at : January 17, 2025
Updated at : January 17, 2025 16:16
As an expert on international law, Dahal has helped negotiate and finalise multiple international contracts and agreements Nepal has negotiated of late, including the interpretative declaration of the MCC Compact and most recently, the BRI Framework Agreement.
This conversation covers, among other issues, Nepal’s negotiation style, negotiations over the MCC compact interpretative declaration, the BRI framework agreement, and analysis of the term ‘aid financing modalities’.
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