Free trade will always be beneficial for the economy of a country, the decision to grant the MFN status to India is the right step to improve the bilateral trade and strengthen our economies. Although it may hurt some of our industries, for example entertainment but on a positive note, it will boost the competition to improve the standards of our local products. Instead of politicising this issue, we should take more steps to improve the bilateral trade, for example currently India is protecting its markets by non-tariff barriers in the name of documentation and standards. The next step for the government should be to prepare a strategy of negotiation on removing these non-tariff barriers on Pakistani exports, to make trade free and fair.
