{"id":82403,"date":"2025-08-14T14:42:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T14:42:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/82403\/"},"modified":"2025-08-14T14:42:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T14:42:11","slug":"us-eyes-critical-minerals-hydrocarbons-in-fresh-economic-push-with-pakistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/82403\/","title":{"rendered":"US eyes critical minerals, hydrocarbons in fresh economic push with Pakistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>US Secretary of State <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/m.economictimes.com\/topic\/marco-rubio\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Marco Rubio<\/a> marked <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/m.economictimes.com\/topic\/pakistan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Pakistan<\/a>\u2019s Independence Day on Thursday by signalling Washington\u2019s interest in partnering with Islamabad on <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/m.economictimes.com\/topic\/critical-minerals\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">critical minerals<\/a> and <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/m.economictimes.com\/topic\/hydrocarbons\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">hydrocarbons<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement released by the US Department of State, Secretary of State Marco Rubio extended greetings to the people of Pakistan on August 14th.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe United States deeply appreciates Pakistan\u2019s engagement on counterterrorism and trade,\u201d Rubio said, adding that Washington looked forward to \u201cexploring new areas of economic cooperation, including critical minerals and hydrocarbons, and fostering dynamic business partnerships which will promote a prosperous future for Americans and Pakistanis.\u201d<br \/>Last month, Washington and Islamabad announced a trade agreement that Pakistan said would lower tariffs and attract fresh investment. <\/p>\n<p>Pakistan&#8217;s Commerce Minister Jam Kamal said the deal would open doors for U.S. firms to invest in mining projects\u2014primarily in the resource-rich southwestern province of Balochistan\u2014through joint ventures with local companies, offering incentives such as lease grants.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ET logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1753519087_680_118783427.cms.png\" width=\"90%\"\/>Live Events<br \/>The United States and Pakistan held a fresh round of counterterrorism talks in Islamabad on Tuesday, with Washington noting it classifies the separatist Balochistan Liberation Army as a \u201cforeign terrorist organization.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"US Secretary of State Marco Rubio marked Pakistan\u2019s Independence Day on Thursday by signalling Washington\u2019s interest in partnering&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":82404,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[57562,28,37707,101,57561,57559,643,16236,57563,57557,57558,57560],"class_list":["post-82403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-balochistan-investment-opportunities","tag-business","tag-critical-minerals","tag-economy","tag-hydrocarbons","tag-hydrocarbons-us","tag-marco-rubio","tag-pakistan","tag-trade-agreement-pakistan-us","tag-us-eyes-critical-minerals","tag-us-hydrocarbons","tag-us-pakistan-economic-cooperation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82403"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82403\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}