Barriers impeding regional export: Ishaq Dar

KARACHI: Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar has said that trade barriers are significant impediments to regional growth, as South Asia remains one of the least integrated regions in terms of trade, stressing that Pakistan needs to address both tariff and non-tariff trade barriers to unlock its export potential.

Despite housing 25 per cent of the world’s population, intra-regional trade in South Asia remains less than 5pc of total trade volume, he said while virtually addressing...