{"id":4083,"date":"2025-06-25T13:35:53","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T08:35:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/?p=4083"},"modified":"2025-06-25T15:36:57","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T10:36:57","slug":"pakistan-us-move-closer-to-trade-deal-after-virtual-talks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/2025\/06\/25\/pakistan-us-move-closer-to-trade-deal-after-virtual-talks","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan, US Move Closer to Trade Deal After Virtual Talks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"328\" data-end=\"663\"><strong>ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb held a virtual meeting with US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick on June 24, 2025, at 8:30 PM (PST).<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"328\" data-end=\"663\">The meeting focused on reciprocal tariffs and broader economic cooperation.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"328\" data-end=\"663\">Both sides expressed satisfaction with ongoing trade talks and agreed to finalize negotiations next week.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"665\" data-end=\"912\">They also agreed to develop a long-term partnership covering strategic and investment interests.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"665\" data-end=\"912\">The aim is to enhance bilateral cooperation in areas of mutual benefit.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"665\" data-end=\"912\">Technical-level trade discussions will be wrapped up in the coming days.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"914\" data-end=\"1178\"><strong data-start=\"914\" data-end=\"946\">Path to Economic Partnership<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"914\" data-end=\"1178\">The dialogue emphasized meaningful engagement in trade and investment.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"914\" data-end=\"1178\">Both countries seek to deepen economic ties through structured collaboration.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"914\" data-end=\"1178\">Officials acknowledged the importance of swift resolution and mutual gain.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1180\" data-end=\"1355\">A new phase of strategic dialogue is expected to begin following the trade agreement.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1180\" data-end=\"1355\">This includes future frameworks for joint investment and sector-specific cooperation.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1357\" data-end=\"1628\"><strong data-start=\"1357\" data-end=\"1390\">Confidence in Final Agreement<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1357\" data-end=\"1628\">Both leaders expressed optimism about concluding the trade deal quickly.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1357\" data-end=\"1628\">The atmosphere of the meeting reflected strong diplomatic and commercial intent.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1357\" data-end=\"1628\">Pakistan and the US appear aligned on creating sustainable economic growth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb held a virtual meeting with US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick on June 24, 2025, at 8:30 PM (PST). The meeting focused on reciprocal tariffs and broader economic cooperation. Both sides expressed satisfaction with ongoing trade talks and agreed to finalize negotiations next week. They also agreed to develop a long-term &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":4085,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1310,1819,284],"class_list":["post-4083","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national-news","tag-investment","tag-partnership","tag-trade"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4083","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4083"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4083\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4084,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4083\/revisions\/4084"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}