Pakistan is seeking to boost imports from the United States, particularly cotton and soybeans, and eliminate non-tariff barriers to avoid the impact of President Donald Trump’s tariffs.
In an interview with Bloomberg News, Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb explained, “It’s a bigger canvas that we are looking at in terms of engaging the US, We will constructively engage, and we will have a formal delegation coming in”.
Aurangzeb is in the US for to participate in the Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.
He confirmed that Pakistan is aiming to buy more cotton and soybeans from the US and is also negotiating the removal of non-tariff barriers to open up its markets to more US products.
“We can also look at if there are any issues with respect to non-tariff discussion, whether there any onerous inspections at our end for US products, we can obviously view that,” he added.
