The Trade Policy Agenda 2010 (TPA) targets to double the U.S. export by 2014. On average, a twenty percent increase of export per year for the period will achieve the target of the TPA. In 1960, the total value of the U.S. export was 25.9 billion. Since then the U.S. export has increased...

This paper analyzes trade between Indian and Nepal in its historical perspective. One of the main issues this paper examines is related to the idea that whether the bilateral Indo-Nepal trade regime would come to an end after Nepal joins the WTO or not. The background is that some people are...

In a period of sixty years, Nepal has already experienced six constitutions. Hopefully, it is going to have the seventh constitution soon. During all these sixty years and with all these constitutions, the Nepalese people are struggling hard for defining and institutionalizing a political system...

In the past, foreign investment was largely regulated by domestic laws and policies. In general, the only international rules that applied to some aspects of foreign investment were rules of customary international law, and their application was purely exceptional. With the adoption of bilateral...

The existing practice of accession to the World Trade Organization by the least-developed countries (LDCs) is frequently criticized for being overly onerous. Critics and academics have explained the onerous nature of the accession process in several ways. This article draws attention to the gaps...

This article analyzes making rules in the WTO in special reference to Article 6 of the TRIPS Agreement. The Uruguay Round negotiations were mainly occupied with two competing concepts on parallel imports: prohibiting or permitting parallel imports. The Contracting Parties were extremely adamant...

It is normally true that international trade negotiations result in making international trade rules. What is not evidently understood, however, is whether international trade negotiations are designed to apply international trade theories in making rules or not. To put it clearly, what role do...

The flawed Doha Round is mired in two fundamental problems. First, it has fallen victim to key players' reluctance to liberalise trade further. Second, the methodology that has been applied is faulty, legitimising the widespread departure from the original purpose and legal framework of the WTO....

Toyota was established in 1937 in Japan. First time it introduced its product Corona in the US in 1965. By the 70's, Toyota was the best-selling import brand in the US. During the 80's, it started manufacturing vehicles in the US. In 2006, it had globally become the second largest car seller and...