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EAEU and Pakistan Launch Feasibility Study for Possible Preferential Trade Deal

The step signals the bloc’s push into South Asia through a path toward lower tariffs.

Overview

  • EAEU and Pakistan agreed to set up a joint feasibility study group to test the case for a preferential trade regime.
  • The two sides will open structured talks with the Eurasian Economic Commission to explore a trade pact, with any move dependent on the study’s results and legal procedures.
  • EAEU trade chief Andrey Slepnev called Pakistan a prospective partner and said current trade shows strong room to grow.
  • Pakistan’s commerce minister Jam Kamal Khan cast the outreach as a strategic partnership spanning logistics, energy, digital trade, industry, and supply chains.
  • The EAEU is a Moscow‑based union of Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Armenia with an economy of about $3 trillion.