‘Nepal’s specialty coffee and chyangra pashmina have unexplored export potential’

Marie-Claude Frauenrath is a senior trade promotion officer at the International Trade Centre ( ITC ), a joint agency of the World Trade Organization and the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). ITC works in developing countries providing technical assistance to governments and the private sector to enhance their capacity to reap benefits from international trade and various agreements signed under the World Trade organization. We spoke to Frauenrath, who works at the ITC’s Office of Asia and the Pacific, looking after the European Union-funded Nepal Trade and Investment Programme (TIP) about her experience with the project that is focused on specialty coffee and chyangra pashmina.

First of all, could you briefly tell us what TIP is all about?