{"id":493901,"date":"2025-08-01T00:06:02","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T19:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=493901"},"modified":"2025-08-01T00:06:02","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T19:06:02","slug":"pm-thanks-trump-for-role-in-finalizing-trade-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/pm-thanks-trump-for-role-in-finalizing-trade-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"PM thanks Trump for role in finalizing trade deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD<br \/>\nPrime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday expressed his gratitude to US President Donald Trump for his role in finalising a \u201chistoric\u201d trade agreement between Pakistan and the United States.<br \/>\n\u201cI wish to convey my profound thanks to President Trump for his leadership role in finalization of the historic US-Pakistan trade agreement, successfully concluded by our two sides in Washington, last night,\u201d the prime minister wrote on his X timeline.<br \/>\nHe said that the \u201clandmark\u201d deal would enhance the bilateral growing cooperation to expand the frontiers of enduring partnership in days to come.<br \/>\nUS President Trump announced on his Truth Social account, \u201cWe have just concluded a Deal with the Country of Pakistan, whereby Pakistan and the United States will work together on developing their massive Oil Reserves. We are in the process of choosing the Oil Company that will lead this Partnership.Who knows, maybe they\u2019ll be selling Oil to India someday.\u201d<br \/>\nEarlier, Trump administration slapped 25% tariff and an unspecified penalty on goods imported from India starting on Friday.<br \/>\n\u201cWe have, over the years, done relatively little business with them (India) because their tariffs are far too high, among the highest in the world, and they have the most strenuous and obnoxious non-monetary trade barriers of any country&#8230; India will therefore be paying a tariff of 25%, plus a penalty for the above, starting on August first,\u201d Trump wrote in a separate strongly worded post on his social media platform.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday expressed his gratitude to US President Donald Trump for his role in finalising a \u201chistoric\u201d trade agreement between Pakistan and the United States. \u201cI 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