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What Next For the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor?
The Wilson Center presents a conversation with Asad Umar, Pakistan's federal minister for planning, development, reform, and special initiatives, to discuss the status of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor.
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Asad Umar, Pakistan's federal minister for planning, development, reform, and special initiatives, will provide an update on the status of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), and what his government's plans are with CPEC moving forward. He will also speak about Pakistan's policy focus on geoeconomics, and on its broader development plans at a moment when the economy is facing a series of challenges.
This will be an online-only event. If you would like to pose a question, please email it to asia@wilsoncenter.org or tweet it to @AsiaProgram.
Speakers
Asad Umar
Federal Minister for Planning, Development, Reform, and Special Initiatives, Government of Pakistan
Moderator
David Hale
Distinguished Diplomatic Fellow;
Former Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs; Former Ambassador to Pakistan, Lebanon, and Jordan
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