U.S Chargé d’Affaires met Pakistani Business leaders

Islamabad, 9 December 2021 (TDI): The United States (U.S) Chargé d’Affairres, Angela P. Aggeler, held a meeting with some Pakistani business leaders. The meeting took place on 8 December in Islamabad.

The meeting boiled down to a discussion on strengthening trade and investment ties.

U.S Chargé d’Affairres called the executive of Pakistan to now build partnerships beyond the COVID-19 crisis. This action can be possible if the executives call global investors to work with and in Pakistan.

Indeed, the United States from the beginning of the pandemic has worked with Pakistan.  Both collaborate in the pandemic to improve infection prevention and control, patient care, expand laboratory testing, case tracking, and more. For instance, the U.S has donated an additional 2.2 million Pfizer vaccines to Pakistan on 5 December.

Actually, it is understandable that the efforts of both parties during this pandemic were slowing the growth of COVID-19, by focusing on exchanges that will help cope with the pandemic. This pandemic also diminished other areas of collaboration, due to the fact that each country was focusing first on itself.

However, now it’s a post-pandemic era, and states must start to interact in other areas of different from health. Hence, the call of U.S Charge d’Affaires to the executives of Pakistan to start attracting investors.

U.S-Pakistan Relations: An Overview

The U.S and Pakistan share long-term cordial diploamtic relations. Both countries share similar interests in the advancement of democracy, peace, security, and economic development in Pakistan and in the region.

With regard to their economic relations, the U.S is one of the largest investors in Pakistan for over two decades. The majority of U.S  investments in Pakistan are in chemicals, consumer goods, energy, communication, and more.

To conclude, since it is an era in which, the pandemic is more known and solutions have been found, therefore, it is crucial to not open doors for collaboration, in trade, education, and so forth. In addition, Pakistan is the 42nd largest economy in 2020, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Hence, the country is a good destination for investment and trade.