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WT/TPR/S/424/Corr.1  
28 February 2022  
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Trade Policy Review Body   
 
TRADE POLICY REVIEW  
REPORT BY THE SECRETARIAT  
PAKISTAN  
Corrigendum  
Paragraph 6 on page 8  should read as follows:  
 
"Pakistan remains committed to the rules -based multilateral trading system and actively participates 
in WTO activities. During the review period, it expanded its WTO commitments by ratifying the 
Agreement on Trade Facilitation (TFA) and completing a large part of its implementation. Pakistan 
participates in several regional and preferential trade arrangements (R TAs/PTAs), of which many 
have had so far relatively limited product coverage and trade importance for the country. During the 
review period, although RTA concrete outcomes have been limited to a Protocol on unilateral granting 
of "zero duty'' on 20 tariff lines to Pakistan under the Indonesia -Pakistan Preferential Trade 
Agreement (IP -PTA) in 2018 and the signature of a Protocol on Phase -II of the Pakistan -China RTA 
in 2019, several initiatives, intensified as from 2020, were taken to negotiate or explore th e 
feasibility of future RTAs/PTAs with certain countries. Pakistan remains a beneficiary of the 
Generalized System of Preferences schemes of several countries. Furthermore, it continues to 
receive WTO trade -related assistance and Aid for Trade support. Pak istan continues to have some 
outstanding WTO notifications; at the same time, during the review period it was involved in six new 
dispute settlement cases (one as respondent, one as complainant, and four as third party)."  
 
Footnote 42 on page 41  should rea d as follows:  
 
"The authorities indicated that Pakistan is bound by all of its obligations under the WTO Agreement 
and from time to time it needs to impose measures that are necessary for its national security, 
economic, or other political considerations.  It has never statedly denied MFN treatment to any WTO 
Member. Pakistan's trade with India requires certain special measures due to its peculiar political 
situation and national security. These measures change from time to time, based on prevailing 
circums tances. India does not provide MFN treatment to Pakistan.  To date, none of these measures 
have been challenged by any Member. Pakistan does not officially recognize Israel and hence has 
no political, diplomatic, trade, or economic relations with it, and to  date, this position has never been 
contested."  
 
Paragraph 2.24 on pages 41 and 42  should read as follows:  
 
"Pakistan remains a supporter of the rules -based multilateral trading system. During the review 
period, it actively participated in WTO work in numerous areas including the outstanding Doha 
Development Agenda issues; special and differential treatment to promote development; several 
agricultural trade issues (domestic support, special safeguard mechanism, permanent solution on 
public stockholding for food security purposes (PSH), Net Food -Importing Developing countries 
(NFIDCs) specific measures and flexibilities, and cotton development assistance); fisheries 
subsidies; trade and environment; electronic commerce and development; Trade -Related Aspec ts 
of Intellectual Property Rights (including the waiver from certain provisions of the TRIPS Agreement 
for the prevention, containment, and treatment of COVID -19); and the processes and entry into 
force of reductions of maximum residue levels/limits (MRLs ) for plant protection products in light of 
the COVID -19 pandemic. Furthermore, Pakistan participated actively in the discussions on the WT/TPR/S/4 24/Corr.1  
 
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restoration of the Appellate Body and the DSB. At MC11 held in Buenos Aires 
(10-13 December  2017), Pakistan, inter alia , stressed that in these times of the Fourth Industrial 
Revolution, digital trade and electronic flows, micro and small enterprises, facilitating investment, 
and sustainable resources and renewable energy, agriculture (including food security) remained the  
lifeline for most economies across the globe; therefore, it was imperative to tackle all of these issues 
head on and find solutions that are inclusive, pragmatic, and creative.52" 
 
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52 WTO document WT/MIN(17)/ST/98, 4  January  2018.