India pakistan trade talks: progress report

· India pakistan talks on trade front has made significant progress

o Pakistan has agreed to shift over form positive to negative list

o Pakistan is willing to give India MFN status

o They have set a trade target of 6 bn $ by 2014(currently 2.7 bn $ trade in 2010-11)

o Talks underway to liberalise visa norms for businessmen

o Addressing inssue of non trabe barriers

Beyond trade

· Talks on other issues seem to heading nowhere

· Uncertainty within the pakistan politics has lead to slowdown in talks

· Home secretary and foreign min talks have been delayed

· Uncertainty in afghanistan has kept the tensions on border running high

· Within India , central government is busy fighting allegations of corruption

In afghanistan

· Both India and pakistan are competing to gain influence in afghanistan

· Pakistan fears the indian government offer of training the afghan army

o Pakistan fears afghan army will develop an indian mindset

· India fears that pakistan will provide space for taliban , haqqanis to be part of afghan political setup

Jammu and kashmir

· India pakistan are yet to decide on even starting point of talks

· India wants to have talks on basis of 4 point formula agreed to through back channel talks during mushraff era

o The formula called for self governance, demilitarisation, making borders irrelevant and jt management of kashmir

· Equally India has failed to act on recommendations of JK interlocutors to meet the expectations of people in valley.

(http://iasblogz.blogspot.in/2012/02/india-pakistan-trade-talks-progress.html)

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