MFN status can boost India-Pakistan trade to over $10 billion: FIEO
The Dollar Business Bureau | @TheDollarBiz The Federation of Indian Exporters Organisation (FIEO) says that bilateral trade between India and Pakistan has the potential to grow almost four times to over $10 billion if Pakistan grants the Most Favoured Nation (MFN) status to India. Under the World Trade Organisation (WTO) obligations, India had granted the MFN status to Pakistan in 1996, but Pakistan has not reciprocated so far. In 2012, the Pakistan government agreed to award the MFN status to India and it was anticipated that the Nawaz Sharif government will do so by the end of 2014. However, the recent turmoil in Kashmir has derailed negotiations between the two countries. FIEO hopes that talks between India and Pakistan will ...
