{"slug": "pax-silica-pact-excludes-china-empowers-defense-firms", "title": "Pax Silica pact excludes China, empowers defense firms", "summary": "The US-led Pax Silica alliance expanded to 24 signatories, excluding China, as 10 new members signed the declaration at a June 27 summit. The pact includes a pilot AI supply-chain credentialing platform and a workforce program, aiming to reduce reliance on China across the technology stack.", "body_md": "The second Pax Silica Summit, held June 27 in Washington, D.C., expanded the US-led AI and semiconductor supply-chain alliance to 24 formal signatories as 10 new members -- including the European Union, Germany, the Netherlands, Argentina, Chile, and Panama -- signed the Pax Silica Declaration. The US State Department announced a pilot AI supply-chain credentialing platform in Panama ('Pax Pass') to streamline vetted shipments of semiconductors, AI infrastructure, and critical minerals. A Stanford University-partnered Foundry School workforce program was also unveiled. Russia's RT framed the pact as deepening EU dependence and empowering defense-linked firms; analysts across the political spectrum view it as a US-coordinated effort to reduce reliance on China across the full technology stack, from critical minerals to compute infrastructure.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/pax-silica-pact-excludes-china-empowers-defense-firms", "canonical_source": "https://letsdatascience.com/news/pax-silica-pact-excludes-china-empowers-defense-firms-34325425", "published_at": "2026-06-27 17:07:12+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-06-27 18:08:19.254027+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-policy", "ai-infrastructure", "ai-chips"], "entities": ["Pax Silica", "US State Department", "European Union", "Germany", "Netherlands", "Argentina", "Chile", "Panama"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/pax-silica-pact-excludes-china-empowers-defense-firms", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/pax-silica-pact-excludes-china-empowers-defense-firms.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/pax-silica-pact-excludes-china-empowers-defense-firms.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/pax-silica-pact-excludes-china-empowers-defense-firms.jsonld"}}