Two years ago U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton visited Pakistan and declared that country’s mangoes delicious. It was a taste test that kickstarted an earnest effort to open U.S. markets to Pakistani mangoes.
But this trade deal became something about more than just fruit; for a brief moment last summer, the entire future of diplomatic relations between the U.S. and Pakistan seemed to be placed on the shoulders of a local Pakistani bureaucrat who had to launch the trade by throwing a big mango party in Chicago.
Odette Yousef brings us this story that spans a delectable fruit, international relations, a clicking beetle and a wayward delivery truck missing outside of Chicago.