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The two-day eighth meeting of the Bangladesh-Pakistan Joint Economic Cooperation (JEC) will begin in the city today (Monday) to discuss ways to boost trade and economic cooperation with special focus on bilateral free trade agreement (FTA), reports UNB.
Commerce Minister Altaf Hossain Chowdhury will lead the Bangladesh delegation at the meeting while the Pakistan side will be headed by Adviser to the Prime Minister of Pakistan on Finance and Revenue Salman Shah, who arrived in Dhaka Sunday.
"Trade potential between the two countries is absolutely unlimited, but the trade volume (at present) is limited. We think the two-way trade could be increased to one billion dollars annually," Shah told reporters after a meeting with Foreign Minister M Morshed Khan in the city Sunday.
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