Pax Silica
Origins, Structure, and Membership
Pax Silica is a US-led multilateral initiative launched to build resilient and trusted supply chains for critical technologies including semiconductors, AI infrastructure, critical minerals, energy, manufacturing systems, and logistics networks. It was inaugurated at a summit in Washington on December 12, 2025, with seven original signatories.
- Original 7 signatories (December 2025): United States, Australia, Japan, South Korea, United Kingdom, Singapore, Israel
- Expanded to include Qatar, UAE, and Greece (January 2026), followed by India (February 2026) — total 11 members
- Focus areas: Semiconductors, AI chips, critical minerals, energy supply chains, manufacturing systems, logistics
- Not a formal treaty but a political declaration of intent to coordinate supply chain policies among trusted partners
- Modelled on the "friend-shoring" approach — building supply chains among geopolitically aligned democracies
● Tracked since February 20, 2026 · last seen May 26, 2026 · updates as the daily brief publishes
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