This is not the fault of China, it is the fault of Pakistani politicians, more than any other, it's the politicians that are to blame for this - Just look at the history of this topic on this forum, you will see that we have saying that Pakistani officials are not serious about the relationship with China because they simply refuse to focus on the economic relationship, refuse to trade
@Develepereo has said that it intellectual dishonesty to say that the US$ 70 billion in trade between India and China is something we should emulate or seek to compete with -- what he and others, fail to understand is that what that volume of trade buys the Indian and the Chinese is a stake in each other - whereas what the Pakistani politicians and bureaucrats want is hand outs which they can route to their friends and families.
Instead of competing with the Indians to trade in as many goods and products that are exported to China, Pakistanis are being told that wringing of hands is as much as they can expect - it's shameless/
The Chinese Premier has articulated that the Pakistan China relationship "still" has potential - if the importance of this word is not taken seriously, Pakistan will end up further isolated - the resolve, the commitment to be a good friend is reflected in the use of the word "still", as is the sense that time is running out.
My dear poster(s),
Before we go into specifics of countries and numbers, we must try to understand the nature of trade with china.
At this very moment, that is in 2013, trade between China and any country in the world follows a pattern.
1. Country A exports to China: Mainly raw materials (coal, petroleum, minerals), and food (rice, milk, and what not)
2. Country A IMPORTS from China: Finished products, phones, computers, TVs etc. and soon airplanes, cars, etc.
In general $100 billion trade with China means:
country A exports to China, raw materials food etc. worth $20-30 (or less) billions
country A IMPORTS from china: finished goods worth $70-80 (or more) billions.
Now these numbers or ratios for India, Brazil, Pakistan, South Africa or Australia may be different. But they follow the same general pattern.
There is no one who can outcompete China in trade. No one.
And if a country has figured out a magic formula for this, well rest assured Chinese people are working hard to FIX it.
peace