A recent report by the Global Trade Research Initiative has shed light on a significant revelation that Indian goods worth more than $10 billion are making their way to Pakistan through alternative trade routes, bypassing direct channels. These goods are being routed through intermediary ports in Dubai, Singapore, and Colombo, where they undergo transshipment and are relabeled to evade trade barriers and restrictions. The report highlights the ingenuity of traders in utilizing these indirect channels to maintain commercial exchanges despite diplomatic tensions between India and Pakistan, such as the recent suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty. This revelation underscores the resilience and adaptability of the trade networks in the region. It also raises questions about the effectiveness of existing trade regulations and the need for tighter enforcement measures to prevent such circumvention of trade rules. The report’s findings are likely to have broader implications for trade dynamics between the two countries and could potentially influence future trade policies and negotiations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A recent report by the Global Trade Research Initiative has shed light on a significant revelation that Indian goods worth more than $10 billion are making their way to Pakistan through alternative trade routes, bypassing direct channels. These goods are being routed through intermediary ports in Dubai, Singapore, and Colombo, where they undergo transshipment and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":115932,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/msid-120659988imgsize-1312893.jpg",1280,720,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/msid-120659988imgsize-1312893-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/msid-120659988imgsize-1312893-300x169.jpg",300,169,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/msid-120659988imgsize-1312893-768x432.jpg",640,360,true],"large":["https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/msid-120659988imgsize-1312893-1024x576.jpg",640,360,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/msid-120659988imgsize-1312893.jpg",1280,720,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/msid-120659988imgsize-1312893.jpg",1280,720,false]},"author_info":{"display_name":"","author_link":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/author\/"},"category_info":"JUST IN<\/a>","tag_info":"JUST IN","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115931"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115931"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115931\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/115932"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}