Pakistan
Bangladesh’s Exports Could Shrink as EU Forges FTAs with its Competitors
While Pakistan celebrates its recently won trade status from the E.U. under its Generalized System of…
Pakistan Exports Survive Slumping Chinese Demand; GSP Status a Game-Changer
In a sign of Pakistan’s growing stability as a textile exporter, the country has weathered a considerably…
Pakistan and China Discuss New Economic Corridor; India Protests
On February 18, Pakistan President Mamnoon Hussain visited China for the purpose of discussing the opening of…
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Pakistan Trade Show to Draw $100 Million in Indian Orders
In a rare show of rapprochement, Pakistan and India are increasing the collaboration between their garment…
Pakistan’s Energy Sector Shows Improvement; Fuels Textile Growth
Energy shortages have long been a drag on Pakistan’s promising apparel and textile manufacturing sector…
E.U.’s GSP Updates Expected to Have Big Impact on Asian Economy
The European Union’s (E.U.) Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) has been a hot topic in the news after it…
2014: Global Sourcing to be More Costly as Worldwide Minimum Wages Continue to Rise
It was a year of turmoil and general discontent in the global garment industry where workers and wages were…
Hope and Challenges for Pakistan Post-GSP Plus
Pakistan has ample reason for celebration now that it has been granted duty-free access to European markets…
India to EU: Don’t Kill Our GSP Status
India is protesting a decision by the European Union (EU) to discontinue a preferential tariff system for…
Pakistan Container Strikes Wreak Untold Economic Damage
Karachi ports continue to be stymied by a goods-carrier strike, now in progress for more than a week's time…
Breaking News: Pakistan Garment Exports Halted By Container Carrier Strike
Lasting about a week now, a growing strike by container carriers is stoking fears that the garment industry…
Pakistan’s GSP Status with EU Could Be Worth $1 Billion; Energy Shortages Still Worrisome
Now that Pakistan has been granted duty-free access to European markets under the Generalized System of…
Spurned By US, Pakistan Looks to EU for GSP Status
For all the talk about Pakistan seeking special trading status with the US under its Generalized System of…
Pakistan to US: We Want an FTA
Excluded from a whirlwind of free trade agreements under negotiation worldwide, Pakistan is feeling…
Can We Save Dhaka By Splitting it in Half?
Following the Rana Plaza factory collapse, international attention has fixated on the questions of labor…