Pakistan wants to increase its bilateral trade with the United States to $20 billion over the next five years. According to the state broadcaster Radio Pakistan, Dar has reaffirmed Pakistan’s commitment to further strengthening its strategic and economic partnership with the United States through enhanced trade, investment, and parliamentary engagement. “Trade between Pakistan and the US reached $9.4 billion in the last fiscal year,” he said. “Although encouraging, we are confident that by capitalizing on the complementary strengths of our economies, we can double this trade to $20 billion in the next five years. He also appreciated the US EXIM Bank’s $1.25 billion in financing for the Reko Diq project, describing it as a strong vote of confidence in Pakistan’s economic future.