America wants to sign a Free Trade Agreement with Pakistan - Top American Senator Lindsay Graham

[VCheng]

Actually we hardly import anything from the US other than defense items which is why trade surplus is in Pakistan's favor and more so since China and US are engaged in a trade war. One benefit of ruppee losing value to dollar is that Pakistan's exports can get a huge push.

Actually, it is US purchases of Pakistan's exports that help its balance of payments, and it is Pakistan's import of Chinese goods that affect it adversely. USA supports Pakistan's exports far more than any other country. With the recent push by PMIK to boost Pakistan's exports, USA is a far more lucrative market than any other country. The US-China trade war does not play into this equation at all. Pakistan should watch out for its own national interests.

 

[Chakar The Great]

Life comes at you fast.

exactly 1 year 2 days on from Trumps twitter tirade against Pakistan, his closest allys are telling him to offer a FTA deal to Pakistan as an incentive for bringing Taliban to the table.

You couldn't make this up. Imagine if IK's goverment can actually pull this off.

That would be miracle.

 

[GumNaam]

Pakistan should keep trade and any form of economic dependency on the usd at an arm's length. falling into the "free trade agreement" trap with the u.s. gives them leverage over basically all of your policy making abilities. Best to keep exports heavily diversified so that business aren't impacted if the yankees try to cash in on the fta.

 

[PAKISTANFOREVER]

WASHINGTON: After returning from Afghanistan, where he had a first-hand experience of ground realities, a top American senator has sought a free trade agreement (FTA) with Pakistan as an incentive for pushing the Taliban into peace talks.

“See if we can go to Pakistan and put a free trade agreement on the table to get the Pakistanis to push the Taliban to the peace table, and you can end the Afghan war,” Senator Lindsay Graham told the CNN in an interview.

Graham added: “Right now, after having been back from Afghanistan, I can tell you that ISIS is on the rise in Afghanistan.”

“But if Pakistan would help us, we could get Taliban to the table and end the war in Afghanistan. Our presence then would be focused on counterterrorism and ISIS,” Graham concluded.

https://www.pajhwok.com/en/2019/01/03/graham-suggests-fta-pakistan-incentive

F**k off and GET LOST america. We don't need or want ANYTHING from you.