Speculation, we have a free trade agreement with China which is more beneficial.
Tell me benefits ...
what you guys are exporting to China and what you guys are importing from China ...
See below figures
Primary import partners: China (15.35 percent of total imports), Saudi Arabia (10.54 percent), UAE (9.8 percent), US (4.81 percent), Kuwait (4.73 percent), Malaysia (4.43 percent), India (4.02 percent).
Primary exports - commodities: textiles (garments, bed linen, cotton cloth, yarn), circe, leather goods, sports goods, chemicals, manufactures, carpets and rugs
Primary export partners: US (15.87 percent of total valor of exports), UAE (12.35 percent), Afghanistan (8.48 percent), UK (4.7 percent), China (4.44 percent).
See your primary export items.. out of all which you can export to China or more accurately what they can consume it from you...
May be China is your gr8 friend .. totally agree with you .. but to open your market for their goods not a good idea.. you can see all those toys and jazzy electronics and all plastic household things which you guys are importing from China is killing your local industries .. At-least with India I bet you can export many many items like sporting goods.. cloths and cement
Pakistan imports $3b Indian goods via Dubai | Pakistan | News | Newspaper | Daily | English | Online all those items are costing you lot bcos of attitude we don't want to trade with our enemy .. still consuming 4+ Billion USD (3 Billion worth via third country and 1.2 billion directly)worth of Indian products + Bollywood and Ekta kapoor's stupid drama..
I know here on PDF none you guys are using any of Indian products .. some ghost is consuming all these things in Pakistan (even Indian tomatoes you are Importing from India right now .. throwing it into gutter)..You holy cow can't touch products from India.. this is called double standards ...
Common wake up man ..