Expert to evaluate Nepal's progress as WTO member

A senior expert from the World Trade Organization (WTO) is visiting Nepal on Nov. 2, in a bid to assess Nepal's progress as a WTO member.

According to a leading newspaper, The Himalayan Times Wednesday's report, Hector Millan, an advisor to WTO, will stay here for a month to prepare a status report as to how Nepal is abiding by the rules, provisions and commitments it made while becoming a WTO member in April 2004.

This is the first time that an expert from the WTO is coming here to assess the progress made by Nepal after becoming a member of the international rule-based trading system.

The daily reported that during his stay in Nepal, Millan will visit concerned government ministries such as the ministry of industry, the information and communication ministry, the ministry of agriculture and cooperatives, Nepal Rastra Bank, the central bank of the country, among others.

Source: Xinhua