{"id":60814,"date":"2020-02-02T13:09:58","date_gmt":"2020-02-02T13:09:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=60814"},"modified":"2020-02-02T13:09:59","modified_gmt":"2020-02-02T13:09:59","slug":"pakistan-seeks-boost-trade-with-african-countries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pakistan-seeks-boost-trade-with-african-countries.html","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan seeks to boost trade, economic corporation with African countries"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Islamabad: Adviser to Prime Minister on Commerce, Industries and Investment  Abdul Razak Dawood has announced that Pakistan is eager to increase bilateral ties and economic cooperation with African countries over the next five years, according to news sources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He made this announcement while speaking at the \u2018Pak-Africa Trade Development Conference\u2019 held at <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Nairobi in Kenya (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pakistan-to-set-up-diplomatic-missions-in-six-african-countries.html\" target=\"_blank\">Nairobi in Kenya<\/a>. The advisor stressed on boosting the trade volume between Pakistan and African countries, which at present is nominal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/rcci-for-exploring-central-asian-african-markets.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"RCCI for exploring Central Asian, African markets (opens in a new tab)\">RCCI for exploring Central Asian, African markets<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Razak\nDawood said that this conference arranged by the Commerce Ministry aims to\nbring businessmen from Africa on a unified platform to explore new avenues for\ntrade enhancement and promoting communication between Africa and Pakistan. He\nsaid that Africa-Pakistan trade has remained stalled at a nominal value of USD\n3 billion for many years and that needs to change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The\nPM\u2019s aide also called for reduced tariff and non-tariff barriers on both sides\nto encourage bilateral ties. It was also revealed that the Ministry of Commerce\nhas already drafted and forwarded a \u2018Look Africa Policy Initiative\u2019, which is a\nreflection of Pakistan\u2019s broader policy towards Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pak-bulgaria-agree-to-enhance-bilateral-trade-ties.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Pak, Bulgaria agree to enhance bilateral trade ties (opens in a new tab)\">Pak, Bulgaria agree to enhance bilateral trade ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Razak\nopined that both sides need to exchange more processed and manufactured goods,\ntransfer more knowledge and create value. He revealed that Pakistan\u2019s commerce\nministry is opening six new trade wings in the embassies of Algeria, Ethiopia,\nEgypt, Sudan, Senegal and Tanzania.&nbsp; He\nsaid that Pakistan is open to business proposals from Africa. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: Adviser to Prime Minister on Commerce, Industries and Investment Abdul Razak Dawood has announced that Pakistan is eager to increase bilateral ties and economic cooperation with African countries over the next five years, according to news sources. He made this announcement while speaking at the \u2018Pak-Africa Trade Development Conference\u2019 held at Nairobi in Kenya. The advisor stressed on boosting the trade volume between Pakistan and African countries, which at present is nominal. Read: RCCI for exploring Central Asian, African markets Razak Dawood said that this conference arranged by the Commerce Ministry aims to bring businessmen from Africa on a unified platform to explore new avenues for trade enhancement and promoting communication between Africa and Pakistan. He said that Africa-Pakistan trade has remained stalled at a nominal value of USD 3 billion for many years and that needs to change. The PM\u2019s aide also called for reduced tariff and non-tariff barriers on both sides to encourage bilateral ties. It was also revealed that the Ministry of Commerce has already drafted and forwarded a \u2018Look Africa Policy Initiative\u2019, which is a reflection of Pakistan\u2019s broader policy towards Africa. Read: Pak, Bulgaria agree to enhance bilateral trade ties Razak opined that both&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":60548,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15153],"tags":[17375,17373,17374,17376],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-60814","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-trade","8":"tag-abdul-razak-dawood","9":"tag-details-on-pakistan-seeks-to-boost-trade","10":"tag-economic-corporation-with-african-countries","11":"tag-trade-with-africa","12":"cat-15153-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Pakistan seeks to boost trade with African countries - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Adviser to Prime Minister on Commerce Abdul Razak Dawood said that Pakistan wants to increase bilateral ties and economic cooperation with African countries\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pakistan-seeks-boost-trade-with-african-countries.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Pakistan seeks to boost trade with African countries - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Adviser to Prime Minister on Commerce Abdul Razak Dawood said that Pakistan wants to increase bilateral ties and economic cooperation with African countries\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pakistan-seeks-boost-trade-with-african-countries.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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