ISLAMABAD:

The trade landscape in August 2025 resembles a high-stakes poker game, where nations are forced to recalibrate strategies amid escalating US tariffs. Islamabad's newly signed trade deal with Washington alone has shifted trade balances in South Asia significantly.

The US imposed a 19% tariff on Pakistani goods, a 20% tariff on Bangladeshi ones, and a devastating 25% (potentially 50%) on Indian products. This creates two entirely different competitive dynamics: a golden opportunity against India and cut-throat competition against Bangladesh. This affects our textile exports directly.

In January 2025, Pakistan had a 5% advantage over Bangladesh in its textile exports to the US, but now that comfortable lead has evaporated overnight. It now clings to a razor-thin one-percentage-p

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