PAX SILICA INITIATIVE

NEWS: The United States has announced that India will be invited next month to join the US-led Pax Silica initiative, aimed at strengthening strategic cooperation and deepening trade ties between the two countries.

Pax Silica

• Aims to secure silicon, semiconductors and AI-critical supply chains amid rising geopolitical and technology competition
• Pax Silica is a US-led economic security and technology partnership to build a secure, resilient and innovation-driven global supply chain for silicon, semiconductors, artificial intelligence
• It is led by the United States, under the US Department of State, with the first Pax Silica Summit held in December 2025.
• Nations involved: Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Netherlands, United Kingdom, Israel, United Arab Emirates, Australia

Key Features:

• Encourages stable investment, new fabs and processing units across member countries.
• Ensures end-to-end security of the technology chain, from raw materials to AI chips and data infrastructure
• Builds trusted technology ecosystems by limiting cooperation to reliable partner countries
• Promotes long-term supply stability through investment in fabs and processing capacity
• Coordinates action against dumping and coercive trade practices
• Recognises semiconductors and AI as critical to economic strength and national security

Significance:

• Reduces strategic vulnerabilities by limiting dependence on hostile or unstable suppliers
• Establishes a US-led AI–chip bloc that consolidates control over advanced semiconductor technologies
• Strengthens India’s position by enabling access to advanced chips, global investment, and AI supply chains, supporting its digital and defence goals