Bangladesh votes against Pakistan in WTO

[emkhan]

BRUSSELS: Bangladesh has blocked the way that pave Pakistan to get trade concession offered by the European Union as former voted against the country in World Trade Organisation (WTO), sources said.

According to the sources, Bangladesh had assured Pakistan that it would support latter in WTO. Meanwhile, India voted in support for Pakistan.

Sources said that European Union wanted Pakistan's entry in WTO.

[Karachi]

Maybe they accidentally pressed the wrong button

[Soldat_Amir]

Emkhan, I assumed you would oppose the entry of Pakistan from joining a Zionist Kuffur Organisation like WTO?

[emkhan]

Emkhan, I assumed you would oppose the entry of Pakistan from joining a Zionist Kuffur Organisation like WTO?

I have not given an fatwa on WTO but you are a real fatwa machine on pf, you gave your fatwa on WTO and you called it a zionist organisation.
This thread was about the Bangladeshi vote went against Pakistan. I am even happy over this, this may open the eyes of those Pakistani rulers who betray others and kick them after using them for their vested interests and those who play with others.

[Admin Khan]

The same way Pakistan has it's interests, Bangladesh has the right to protect hers. By allowing Pakistan to join the WTO, Bangladesh and her textile industry would be drastically effected, along with several other of her industries. Let's not always pull the religion card. When Pakistan does something as grave as siding with Kuffar against a Muslim country, it's considered her "vested interests" when Bengalis follow up with a strategic movie, they are deemed traitors? Cry a river.

[Talal]

The same way Pakistan has it's interests, Bangladesh has the right to protect hers. By allowing Pakistan to join the WTO, Bangladesh and her textile industry would be drastically effected, along with several other of her industries. Let's not always pull the religion card. When Pakistan does something as grave as siding with Kuffar against a Muslim country, it's considered her "vested interests" when Bengalis follow up with a strategic movie, they are deemed traitors? Cry a river.

nah man we dont cry rivers..and btw lots of pakistani textile factories are operating from Bangla


Bangladesh may withdraw complaint over EU help for Pakistan – The Express Tribune

ADDU CITY, MALDIVES: Bangladesh is considering withdrawing a complaint about a European move to grant beneficial import conditions to Pakistani textile makers as an aid measure following Pakistan’s floods last year, a senior Bangladeshi official said on Wednesday.

Europe and Pakistan had expected a long-announced plan for trade preferences for Pakistani textile makers to be approved during a meeting of trade diplomats in Geneva this week, but a Bangladeshi complaint halted the move.

Pakistan was being granted the beneficial import conditions to its textile makers as an aid measure following devastating floods in the South Asian country last year.

Bangladeshi officials said their Pakistani counterparts had “unofficially” raised the matter on the sidelines of an ongoing South Asian leaders’ summit on this remote Maldivian atoll.

“I will check with Geneva … as far as I know we are supposed to withdraw this (complaint),” Bangladesh Foreign Secretary Mohamed Mijarul Quayes told Reuters.

“There has been some informal discussion on this here with the Pakistani officials,” he said. “They have asked us unofficially about it and we have told them we are checking and will get back to them. So discussions are on to find out a way.”

Islamabad called Dhaka’s objections to the beneficial import conditions for its textile makers “an accident”.

“Of course, we are very concerned about it. We have been conveyed by them that it was at best an accident,” Hina Rabbani Khar, Pakistan’s foreign minister, told Reuters.

Bangladesh had concerns about the impact of the European measures, which would make it easier for Pakistan to export textiles to Europe. Bangladesh competes with Pakistan for textiles sales to the European market.
The two-year cut in tariffs offered by the EU would be a small boost for Pakistan’s exporters.

World Trade Organization rules say the same deal must be offered to all trade partners, so by making an exception for Pakistan, the EU needs to get all WTO members on side and any one country can block the deal.
Until recently India, Pakistan’s neighbour and rival, had objected to the European plan, effectively vetoing it. But as tensions between the two traditional South Asian enemies have eased, India signalled it no longer opposed the plan.
Earlier it was reported that Bangladesh had thwarted a European attempt to grant beneficial import conditions to Pakistani textile makers as an aid measure following Pakistan’s devastating floods last year.
Europe and Pakistan had expected a long-announced plan for trade preferences for Pakistani textile makers to be approved during a meeting of trade diplomats in Geneva on Monday, but a Bangladeshi complaint effectively halted it.
“A meeting took place yesterday in Geneva. Bangladesh made a short statement saying that they have some concerns,” said a diplomat in Brussels who is familiar with the talks.
Another said Bangladesh had concerns about the impact of the European measures, which would make it easier for Pakistan to export textiles to Europe. Bangladesh competes with Pakistan for textiles sales to the European market.
The two year cut in tariffs offered by the EU would be a small boost for Pakistan’s exporters.