ISLAMABAD: The United States of America (USA) and Pakistan have agreed to increase bilateral economic and trade ties and meaningful engagement in investment and negotiation on pertinent economic issues.
Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb held a virtual meeting with US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick.
The discussion focused on meaningful engagement in trade, investment and deepening economic ties mutually beneficial to both sides with technical level trade related discussions to be concluded coming week, said a press release issued here on Wednesday.
A virtual meeting took place between Mr. Muhammad Aurangzeb, Pakistan’s Finance Minister and Howard Lutnick, United States’ Commerce Secretary on United States (US) reciprocal tariffs, said a press release issued here on Wednesday.
Both sides showed satisfaction with the ongoing negotiations and resolved to conclude the trade negotiations next week.
It was also resolved that, further to the trade agreement, a partnership, based on strategic and investment interests, would be concluded in due course covering areas of mutual interest.
Both sides expressed confidence in concluding trade negotiations at the earliest.
