India Joins U.S.-Led AI Alliance 'Pax Silica' to Counter China

Expanding cooperation beyond the economy into technology and security
Relations improving after recent trade agreement with the U.S.

India is joining Pax Silica, a U.S.-led artificial intelligence (AI) supply chain alliance aimed at keeping China in check.

According to Bloomberg and the Associated Press on the 20th (local time), India signed the Pax Silica declaration that day. Pax Silica is an economic security alliance for the AI era, and to date the participants include the United States, South Korea, Japan, Australia, Israel, Singapore, the United Kingdom, and Qatar.

At the "Pax Silica Summit" held in Washington, United States, on December 12 last year (local time), representatives from nine countries—including the United States, South Korea, Japan, Singapore, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and Israel—pose for a commemorative photo. Photo by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Sergio Gore, U.S. Ambassador to India, said, "Pax Silica will be a gathering of countries that believe technology should flow to free people and free markets," adding, "India's participation is not symbolic, but strategic and essential." He went on to stress, "From trade agreements to Pax Silica and the defense sector, the potential for cooperation between our two countries is limitless."

The Associated Press and other outlets reported that India had been embroiled in a tariff dispute with the United States since last year over imports of Russian crude oil, but that bilateral relations now appear to be recovering after the two countries recently reached a dramatic agreement on a trade deal. They added that India's participation in Pax Silica is a strategy for the two countries to expand cooperation beyond the economic sphere into technology and security, thereby strengthening India's role as a key partner capable of counterbalancing China in the Indo-Pacific region.

Ambassador Gore told reporters that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has invited U.S. President Donald Trump to visit India, although he did not mention a specific schedule. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is also scheduled to visit India within the next few months to attend a meeting of the Quad, the security dialogue among the United States, Japan, Australia, and India.

Earlier, the U.S. Department of State described Pax Silica as a "U.S.-led strategic initiative to build a secure, prosperous, and innovative silicon supply chain" that spans critical minerals, energy, advanced manufacturing, semiconductors, and AI-based infrastructure and logistics.

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