This page may contain stale information. Last updated: 2026-08-16
Overview
Pax Silica is a U.S.-led initiative (launched 2025) to secure supply chains for AI models, semiconductors, and critical minerals among allied nations — a geopolitical counterweight to China’s waico framework.
Recent Developments
- 2026-08-14/15: Reuters-reviewed State Department draft letter to 35 ai-opportunity-statement signatories demanding binary choice between Pax Silica and China’s competing AI coalition (2026-08-14-reuters-us-pax-silica-china-pick-sides)
- ~24 countries joined including Japan, Australia, South Korea, Kazakhstan
- Kazakhstan dual membership (Pax Silica + WAICO) is focal test case
- Draft language: “Signature of the Pax Silica Declaration is not merely a membership subscription, but a commitment”
Draft letter — timing and final wording unconfirmed; State Department has not officially released.
Related
- waico
- us-china-ai-competition
- ai-governance
- ai-sovereignty
- export-controls
- frontier-ai-governance
- china-ai-governance-diplomacy
- ai-opportunity-statement