{"id":9099,"date":"2025-05-31T09:05:15","date_gmt":"2025-05-31T09:05:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=9099"},"modified":"2025-05-31T09:05:15","modified_gmt":"2025-05-31T09:05:15","slug":"trump-says-pakistani-officials-visiting-us-next-week-for-trade-talks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=9099","title":{"rendered":"Trump says Pakistani officials visiting US next week for trade talks"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>US President Donald Trump said that representatives from Pakistan are coming to the United States next week as the South Asian country seeks to make a deal on tariffs.<\/p>\n<p>Pakistan faces a potential 29% tariff on its exports to the United States due to a $3 billion trade surplus with the world&#8217;s biggest economy, under tariffs announced by Washington last month on countries around the world.<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s remarks came a day after Pakistan officially initiated talks with the United States on a reciprocal tariff agreement, as Islamabad aims to capitalise on Washington\u2019s growing interest in strengthening trade ties with South Asia.<\/p>\n<p>Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb and US Trade Representative Ambassador Jamieson Greer launched the negotiations during a telephonic discussion on Thursday, an advisor to the finance minister confirmed on X (formerly Twitter).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPakistan representatives\u00a0are coming next week. We&#8217;re very close to a deal with India. I wouldn\u2019t be interested in deals with either if they were going to be at war with each other,\u201d Trump told journalists.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. President Trump says Pakistan\u2019s representatives are arriving in Washington D.C. next week for U.S.-Pakistan bilateral negotiations on a trade deal: pic.twitter.com\/z8QnvQ5j1H<br \/>\n\u2014 The STRATCOM Bureau (@OSPSF) May 31, 2025<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, Islamabad floated the idea of a bilateral trade agreement offering zero tariffs on select goods.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPakistan is offering to enter into a bilateral agreement with zero tariffs on selected tariff lines, with mutual interests, to expand bilateral trade across multiple sectors,\u201d sources told The Express Tribune.<\/p>\n<p>Islamabad\u2019s offer came after the US president brokered a ceasefire agreement between Pakistan and India following tit-for-tat military strikes between the two nuclear-armed neighbours.<\/p>\n<p>President Trump claimed credit for preventing an apocalyptic war between the two arch-rivals which \u201ccould have killed millions of people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, a high-level political delegation from Pakistan, led by PPP Chairman and former foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, is set to arrive in New York on June 2.<\/p>\n<p>The visit aims to present Pakistan\u2019s perspective on its recent military tensions with India, following the Pahalgam attack.<\/p>\n<p>The delegation includes PPP Senator Sherry Rehman, Federal Minister Musadik Malik, senior PML-N leader Khurram Dastgir Khan, former foreign minister Hina Rabbani Khar, and former foreign secretaries Jalil Abbas Jilani and Tehmina Janjua.<\/p>\n<p>During their two-day stay in New York, the delegation will meet with United Nations officials and engage with international media.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US President Donald Trump said that representatives from Pakistan are coming to the United States next week as the South Asian country seeks to make a deal on tariffs. 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