Evidence

Pakistan's bound vs applied tariffs

G-WTO-12 · gap-wto

This card

Simple average final bound 60.9%; MFN applied simple average 9.5% (2025) — Pakistan's bound vs applied tariffs · 2025WTO, Tariff Profile: Pakistan (World Tariff Profiles data) · 2025Source named — not yet verified

Source

WTO, Tariff Profile: Pakistan (World Tariff Profiles data) — https://www.wto.org/english/res_e/statis_e/daily_update_e/tariff_profiles/PK_E.pdf. Matched to the source page by an automated research pass on 6 Oct 2026; not yet checked by a person..

What it proves

Pakistan applies tariffs far below its WTO ceilings, so WTO rules leave it ample policy space rather than forcing open its market.

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Debates this card can serve

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