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Indo-Pak trade to be core issue for discussion during Singh-Zardari meeting | Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari is likely to talk about Indo-Pak trade issues at his luncheon with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Sources told
the Express Tribune President Zardari and Singh are likely to finalise the date
of implementation of the Most- Favoured Nation (MFN) status to India . Both leaders
will provide their assent to a technical draft prepared and agreed upon earlier
by commerce ministers of both countries, and discuss and resolve political non-tariff
barriers (NTB), sources added. Indian Commerce Minister Anand Sharma and his Pakistani
counterpart Makhdoom almost finalised the draft of the agreement during their
last meeting, sources said. The draft already agreed upon includes Pakistan ’s
assent, in principle, to grant the MFN status to India and a finalised negative
list of non-tradeable items, which will be phased out by the year’s end. It also
includes NTBs, which India will withdraw in the meanwhile. According to sources,
both leaders are also likely to discuss softening of borders and visa relaxation,
especially for traders and businessmen, and trade in local currencies. The added
that Zardari will suggest to Singh that traders are stamped a visa at the border,
and that banks from both countries open branches in the other country.
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