Merchandise trade and interflow of services are bringing about a sea change both, in the working and thought process.
SINGAPORE: This is with reference to Tariq Mahmud’s piece “Look east” (January 21). This was a timely piece by the writer. I feel the countries of South Asia, notwithstanding their size and population, have a great deal to learn from the Southeast Asian countries.
Merchandise trade and the interflow of services are bringing about a sea change both, in the working and thought process in the region.
Abdul Muneeb Tariq
Published in The Express Tribune, January 22nd, 2014.
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