Taleban Deputy Minister for Trade, Qari Faizan, met representatives of Pakistan's commerce ministry to discuss a 1965 transit agreement, which allows land routes into Afghanistan.
Chief executive of Birmingham Chamber of Commerce Group Jerry Blackett said the impact on the economy would be "more than just good news for Jaguar Land Rover".
John Leamon, from the Cheltenham Chamber of Commerce, said there was very little office, retail and warehouse accommodation available and the chamber was campaigning for more land to be developed.