<h1>U.S. president hosts Pakistani prime minister for closed-door talks on trade, oil development, tariffs and regional diplomacy</h1> The U.S. president hosted the Pakistani prime minister for closed-door talks at the White House, reflecting warming bilateral ties amid shifting regional alignments; the meeting followed a recent U.S.-Pakistan trade agreement to develop Pakistani oil reserves and lower tariffs, and occurred against U.S. tariff measures imposing duties on another neighboring rival for its discounted Russian oil purchases. The Pakistani leader has publicly supported the U.S. president's role in mediating a ceasefire between the rival states, though Pakistan criticized separate U.S. strikes on Iranian facilities as violating international law. The engagement underscores interplay of diplomacy, trade policy and international-law disputes in U.S. foreign relations.