‘Pakistan seeks more trade with US to overcome economic issues’ : Daily Times

NEW YORK: Pakistan is keen to expand trade with the United States (US) to overcome its economic problems, Ambassador Abdullah Haroon said on Tuesday, hoping the Obama administration would consider giving more market access to Pakistani goods. Speaking to a group of members of World Youth Institute, a United Nations-affiliated body, at the Pakistan Mission, Pakistan’s envoy to the UN hoped the US government, which is currently reviewing is Afghan policy, would devise a plan to not only deal with terrorism along the Pak-Afghan border but also to solve Pakistan’s economic problems. Pakistan's main exports – cotton and textile products – amounted to $7 billion, which had the potential of increasing to $15 billion.

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