Pakistan faces a potential 29pc tariff on its exports to the United States

(Web Desk): US President Donald Trump said that officials from Pakistan are coming to the United States next week as the South Asian country seeks to make a deal on tariffs.
Pakistan faces a potential 29 per cent tariff on its exports to the United States due to a $3 billion trade surplus with the world's biggest economy, under tariffs announced by Washington last month on countries around the world.
Trump’s 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’s growing interest in strengthening trade ties with South Asia.
U.S. President Trump says Pakistan’s representatives are arriving in Washington D.C. next week for U.S.-Pakistan bilateral negotiations on a trade deal: pic.twitter.com/z8QnvQ5j1H
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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).
“Pakistan representatives are coming next week. We're very close to a deal with India. I wouldn’t be interested in deals with either if they were going to be at war with each other,” Trump told journalists.

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