U.S. and Pakistan Officials Discuss GSP, ROZ Legislation, Etc.

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative announced on that on September 20, 2011, senior officials from the U.S. and Pakistan met to evaluate progress under the U.S.-Pakistan Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA). The officials discussed market access, the U.S. Generalized System of Preferences (GSP), trade promotion efforts, intellectual property rights, and sector-specific investment challenges. In addition, the U.S. officials agreed to work with Congress to enact Reconstruction Opportunity Zones (ROZ) legislation, and Pakistan provided an overview of its efforts to export mangos to the U.S. saying that additional work must be done.