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"Bilateral trade would continue to be guided by the positive-negative lists," said Humayun Akhtar Khan
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Khan said India and Pakistan would have to wait for a resolution of the Kashmir issue before full-fledged commercial relations could be established. India has suggested a free trade agreement with Pakistan, which has not yet responded.
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Last week the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation secretariat in Katmandu confirmed that all seven members of the grouping have given assent to SAFTA, adopted at the Islamabad summit in January 2004.
The agreement will be implemented from July 1
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Pakistan has long been complaining of a continued negative trade balance with India because of non-tariff barriers since the revival of composite dialogue in 2004.
New Delhi had promised to look into the issue, and said some progress could be made on the matter during the third round of bilateral talks.
