I made this presentation for the 2nd American Business Council (ABC) Economic Summit held in 2012 when I was the President of ABC. Here the focus was to debate trade and its implication -- an area where Pakistan lags significantly vs. other countries. Speaker in addition to me included Zubyr Soomro, Omar Ayub Khan, Arvind Saxena (Indian Commerical Attache) and Michael Dodman (US Consul General in Karachi)
12. 6%
10%
14%
19%
39%
56% 56%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
Pakistan Bangladesh World India South Korea Malaysia Thailand
Export (% of GDP) 2010 vs. 1970
-2%
12%
9%
16%
24%
23%
37%
-5%
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
40%
Pakistan Bangladesh World India South Korea Malaysia Thailand
Export (% of GDP) 2010 vs. 1990
Over the
Last 40 Years
Even WORSE over
The last 20 Years period
Increase in Export (% of GDP)
DISMAL PERFORMANCE
44. Pakistan Trade Agreements
1. Afghan Transit Trade Agreement Mar 1965
2. Pakistan-Sri Lanka FTA Aug 2002
3. South Asia FTA (SAFTA) Jan 2004
4. Pakistan-China FTA Nov 2006
5. Pakistan-Malaysia FTA Nov 2007
Potential
1. Pakistan-UAE
2. BIT with USA
45. Regional Trade Agreements (RTA)
are proliferating…
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
1958 1969 1976 1984 1989 1994 1999 2004
New Agreements Annually
Annual number
+300 RTA’s in Operation
+2500 IIT’s in Operation
46. Canada
USA
Mexico
Chile
Uruguay
Paraguay
BrazilArgentina
Mercosur
Bolivia
Colombia
Venezuela
Peru
Ecuador
Costa
Rica
Nicaragua
El Salvador
Honduras
Guatemala
CACM
Trinidad & Tobago
Antigua & Barbuda
Barbados
Belize
Dominica
Grenada
Guyana
Jamaica
Suriname
St. Lucia
St. Vincent & Grenadines
St. Kitts & Nevis
CARICOM
Panama
Dominican
Republic
“
American and Asian Spaghetti
Bowl
-
Andean
Community
Bahamas
Haiti
Brunei
Cambodia
Thailand
Laos
Malaysia
Philippines
Myanmar
Singapore
Indonesia
Vietnam
Japan
New Zealand
Australia
ASEAN
Korea
PR China
Hong Kong
Taiwan
Russia
Papua New Guinea APEC
Intra-Asia-Pacific in force
Intra-Asia-Pacific signed
FTAA
Intra-Americas in force
Trans-Pacific signed
APEC
FTAA
Source: Devlin and Estevadeordal (2004)
Complex global trading system
47. Algeria
Libya
Morocco Mauritania
Tunisia
AMU
Ghana
Nigeria Cape Verde
Gambia
ECOWAS
Benin Niger
Togo Burkina Faso
Cote d’Ivoire
Conseil de
L’Entente
Guinea-Bissau Mali
Senegal
WAEMU
Liberia
Sierra Leaone Guinea
Mano River
Union
CLISS
Cameroon
Central African Rep.
Gabon
Equat. Guinea
Rep.Congo
Chad
Sao Tomé & Principe
ECCAS
CEMAC
Angola
Burundi*
Rwanda*
Egypt
DR Congo
Djibouti
Ethiopia
Eritrea
Sudan
Kenya*
Uganda*
Somalia
Tanzania*
EAC
South Africa
Botswana
Lesotho
Namibia*
Swaziland*
Mozambique
SACU
Malawi*
Zambia*
Zimbabwe*
Mauritius*
Syechelles*
Comoros*
Madagascar*
Reunion
IOC
*CBI
SADC
COMESA Nile River Basin
IGAD
AMU: Arab Maghreb Union
CBI: Cross Border Initiative
CEMAC: Economic & Monetary Community of Central Africa
CILSS: Permanent Interstate Committee on Drought Control in the Sahel
COMESA: Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa
EAC: East African Cooperation
ECOWAS: Economic Community of Western African Studies
IGAD: Inter-Governmental Authority for Government
IOC: Indian Ocean Commission
SACU: Southern African Customs Union
SADC: Southern African Development Community
WAEMU: West African Economic & Monetary Union
Overlapping African agreements…
49. Some Key Symptoms
Impact of decades of Protectionists policies
Lack of FTA and low utilization of existing ones
Lack of progressive Trade policies.
50. TRADE POLICES
• Need long term (min 5 year) trade polices
locked by sector
– Awaiting launching of “Strategic Trade Policy
Framework” for 2012-15
• Desperately need polices to BOOST exports
• Heavily promote Service Sector & Agro Exports
• Promote Regional Trade (India case in point)
• Close coordination with Private Sector
51. Some Key Symptoms
Impact of decades of Protectionists policies
Lack of FTA and low utilization of existing ones
Lack of progressive Trade policies.
Is hurdle “Trade Policy” or “Global Politics” ?
52. Global Politics: Trade Barriers
Tariffs
Non-tariff barriers to trade
Import licenses
Import quotas
Subsidies
Local content requirements
Embargo
Trade restriction
Protection of local industry
53. Some Key Symptoms
Impact of decades of Protectionists policies
Lack of FTA and low utilization of existing ones
Lack of progressive Trade policies.
Key hurdle “Trade Policy” or “Global Politics” ?
Weak Intellectual protection legislature
54. Weak IPO Legislation
• Copyright protection is a major
economic, political and diplomatic issue.
• Pakistan has been on the US “Special 301
Watch List” since 1989
• Being a signatory of WTO (1995) we must
conform to all laws including TRIPS (which
covers intellectual property laws)
• Intellectual Property Organisation (IPO)
Ordinance 2012 promulgated on 24 Apr 2012.
55. Some Key Symptoms
Impact of decades of Protectionists policies
Lack of FTA and low utilization of existing ones
Lack of consistency in key Trade policies.
Key hurdle “Trade Policy” or “Global Politics” ?
Weak Intellectual protection legislature
Poor in-country logistics
56. Logistics Challenges
• Lacking efficient “in-land” logistic :
– Railways
– Water-ways
– Indigenous Truck manufacturing
• Major investment to convert from archaic
‘Adda System’ to ‘On-line Tracking’ and
quality delivery system.
• Need exponential growth in Road Network.
57. Some Key Symptoms
Impact of decades of Protectionists policies
Lack of FTA and low utilization of existing ones
Low utilization of existing FTA’s
Lack of consistency in key Trade policies.
Key hurdle “Trade Policy” or “Global Politics” ?
Weak Intellectual protection legislature
Poor in-country logistics
High cost of Airport and Port charges
59. Some Key Symptoms
Impact of decades of Protectionists policies
Lack of FTA and low utilization of existing ones
Lack of consistency in key Trade policies.
Key hurdle “Trade Policy” or “Global Politics” ?
Weak Intellectual protection legislature
Poor in-country logistics
High cost of Airport and Port charges
Lack of streamlined systems in Customs and
border controls
60. Efficient Customs More Trade
R2
= 0.1354
0
50
100
150
200
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35
Days through customs, imports
Ratio of total trade to GDP, 90 countries
%
For clearance in 2.5
days, Trade to GDP ratio
goes beyond 100%
61. CUSTOMS
• Trade facilitation: as “crossing border” and
“shipments cost” are considered more
significant barrier than “tariff rates”.
• Key functions: Revenue
collection, protection of IPR
and, increasingly, national security
• Ensure all trade and border related agencies
work together to simplify and harmonize
systems and procedures.
67. SUBMIT FOCUS: 4 issues
1. What policies are needed to drive
disproportional TRADE growth?
2. What are the key barriers which
hamper TRADE and how can we
eliminate them?
3. What role private sector can play
to increase EXPORTS?
4. How can international partners
help Pakistan improve our TRADE
performance?