{"id":429126,"date":"2026-04-01T01:40:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T18:40:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/market-news\/2026\/04\/china-and-pakistan-presented-a-new-iran-initiative-to-end-the-war-report\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T01:40:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T18:40:16","slug":"china-and-pakistan-presented-a-new-iran-initiative-to-end-the-war-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/market-news\/china-and-pakistan-presented-a-new-iran-initiative-to-end-the-war-report-429126\/","title":{"rendered":"China and Pakistan presented a new Iran initiative to end the war – report"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Axios reports that Pakistani Foreign Minister
\n Ishaq Dar met today in Beijing with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi.
\nAt the end of the meeting they published a joint peace initiative that includes a five-point plan halting the use of force and opening the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n

There are strong hints the US isn’t opposed but no official word.<\/p>\n

Trump declined to comment on specifics but told Axios “negotiations with Iran are going well,” which is about as close to a tacit endorsement as you’ll get from this White House. Reading between the lines: Pakistan has been the key US-Iran mediator throughout this conflict, and they wouldn’t be launching a joint initiative with Beijing if Washington had a problem with it.<\/p>\n

The five points are what you’d expect \u2014 ceasefire, peace talks, protection of energy infrastructure, restoration of shipping through the Strait, and a broader peace framework under the UN Charter. The energy infrastructure and Strait of Hormuz provisions are the ones crude traders will be zeroing in on.<\/p>\n

Note that none of these address Iran’s ‘demands’, though it’s unclear if they’re in any position to be making demands.<\/p>\n

The bigger picture here is China positioning itself as a peacemaker in a US-launched war, which is a remarkable geopolitical development. Beijing has the leverage to make this stick \u2014 they’re Iran’s biggest trade partner and top oil buyer. <\/p>\n

Some of this was out earlier but we’re getting more details now. <\/p>\n

Axios also reported:<\/p>\n

In a brief phone call, President Trump told me “the negotiations with Iran are going well.” Asked specifically about the Pakistani-Chinese initiative, Trump didn’t criticize it but simply reiterated that the diplomacy was going well<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So that’s that and clearly the market is buying into it with the S&P 500 up 2.5%.<\/p>\n

This article was written by Adam Button at investinglive.com.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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