India, Oct. 5 -- Pakistan has quietly hung a trillion-dollar minerals carrot in front of Trump's Washington, filing a rare earth framework that lays out a five-year, government-to-government plan to plug its mineral reserves directly into U.S. and allied supply chains. The agreement, dated 22 May 2025, sketches out joint exploration, mining, processing and offtake of critical minerals from Pakistan-anchored by an "indicative commercial value of up to USD 1 trillion". This cooperation between the two countries, which took concrete steps after U.S. President Donald Trump was sworn in, is being cited as one of the primary reasons for the 'love' that Washington has revived for Pakistan, ignoring long-term strategic implications that people wh...