The Daily Populous Thursday July 31st, 2025 day edition
Authored by thehindu.com and submitted by girlikeapearl_

U.S. President Donald Trump has announced sealing a trade deal with Pakistan and said that Washington will work with Islamabad to develop what he described as the South Asian nation’s “massive oil reserves”.

It is not immediately clear what massive oil reserves in Pakistan MR. Trump was referring to.

In a social media post, the U.S. President also wondered if Pakistan could sell oil to India “some day”.

“We 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,” Mr. Trump said in a post on Truth Social on Wednesday (July 30, 2025).

“We are in the process of choosing the oil company that will lead this partnership. Who knows, maybe they’ll be selling oil to India some day!” he added.

There was no immediate reaction from Pakistan on the trade deal with the U.S.

Pakistan currently imports oil from the Middle East to meet its energy demands, but there are reports about vast offshore deposits that are largely unexplored due to a lack of technical expertise and funds. The country has been trying to lure in investments to tap into these reserves.

The announcement came hours after Mr. Trump announced a 25% tariff on all goods coming from India, plus an additional penalty for purchases of Russian military equipment and energy.

In a social media post, Mr. Trump termed India’s trade policies as “most strenuous and obnoxious”.

“All things not good! India will therefore be paying a tariff of 25 per cent, plus a penalty for the above, starting on August first,” MR. Trump said.

During the day, he spoke multiple times about the tariffs that India imposes and referred to India’s membership in the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) grouping, which he described as “anti-U.S”.

Responding to a question on negotiations with India, Mr. Trump said Washington is talking to Delhi. “...We are going to see, we’re negotiating with India right now,” he said, while calling India’s tariff “one of the highest tariffs in the world”.

Mr. Trump said the White House has been “very busy” working on trade deals, and he will be meeting with the South Korean trade delegation.

curiousstrider on July 31st, 2025 at 09:21 UTC »

Just like he informed India that he stopped the war between India and Pakistan, he should also inform Pakistan about this oil.

girlikeapearl_ on July 31st, 2025 at 06:48 UTC »

U.S. President Donald Trump has announced sealing a trade deal with Pakistan and said that Washington will work with Islamabad to develop what he described as the South Asian nation’s “massive oil reserves”.

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“We 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,” Mr. Trump said in a post on Truth Social on Wednesday (July 30, 2025).

“We are in the process of choosing the oil company that will lead this partnership. Who knows, maybe they’ll be selling oil to India some day!” he added.