US report urges duty-free access for Pakistan

In a report published by the research team convened by the Center for Global Development, an independent research institute, sharply criticized Washington's efforts aimed at achieving stability in Pakistan with billions of dollars in economic aid, saying that this is not the desired results. "The United States is in the way of Pakistan," said Nancy Berdsoll, president of the Center and lead author of the report. American officials and politicians consider the relations with Pakistan on the eve of the opening of Osama bin Laden in a village about 50 kilometers (30 miles) from the capital again doubts about the reliability of Pakistan as an ally in the fight against insurgents.

But the report says that American aid to Pakistan to fully, rather than commercial benefit termination shall be exempt from customs duties, adds at least five years, a strong impetus to Pakistan for the "great harm to workers in the United States." The proposal is one of intense political, however. Less stringent proposals to increase access to U.S. markets, Pakistan and the storm of Congress in recent years. Bill purpose benefit Barack Obama president of marketing in the border areas of Pakistan and Afghanistan to a standstill in the last session of the Conference, amid concerns over working conditions and their impact on U.S. textile industry has to offer. Textiles and clothing account for a large part of the economy of Pakistan. "Lobbyists U.S. textile industry is a very powerful special interests," said Sally James, a trade analyst at the Cato Institute. "There are serious reasons to believe that the textile lobby will strongly this pressure campaign (access are exempt from customs duties on goods from Pakistan) does not pass through the origin." 

Said Robert Mosbacher, former head of the Overseas Private Investment and crew report should be Obama's leadership. "There is no doubt in my mind they (the administration) know how important it is for Pakistan. Pakistanis, and we ask them to contribute to it for many years, "said Mosbacher said. Representative Chris Van Hall, a Democrat who co-authored the draft law on the commercial benefits of the former border areas of Pakistan, told Reuters that he plans to try again with new legislation in Congress, but time remains uncertain. Van Hall said: "I am ready to expand the product range and territory in Pakistan which will be given duty free status under the law. But the government may need to work with the U.S. textile industry who were on board to get it. "