The Pax Silica Declaration is a US-led effort to secure semiconductor and artificial intelligence-related technology value chains, which was signed by the US, Qatar, and the UAE.
Qatar signed the non-binding declaration with the US on January 12, at an event in Doha, with US Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs Jacob Helberg and Qatar Minister of State for Foreign Trade Affairs Dr Ahmed bin Mohammed Al Sayed noting the pact served to enhance the secure and reliable supply chain of technologies and national economic transformation objectives.
The UAE officially signed the Pax Silica Declaration in Abu Dhabi on January 14, becoming the ninth country to participate in the effort, as announced by the US State Department.
UAE Minister of State, Saeed bin Mubarak Al Hajeri, and Helberg signed the pact, and the State Department described the action as a milestone in the history of regional economic integration and a symbol of the UAE’s strategic significance in energy, technology, and global supply chains.
In a statement, commenting on the agreement, Helberg said,” The UAE is, and will be, a cherished partner of choice for the US for decades to come.”
UAE Ambassador to the US Yousef Al Otaiba stated in a statement, “By joining Pax Silica, the UAE is reinforcing a core principle we share with the US: that the future of artificial intelligence must be grounded in trust and resilient global partnerships. But Pax Silica is about more than AI alone — it is also about economic prosperity, critical minerals, and the infrastructure that powers the digital age.”
Pax Silica, which was launched by the US Department of State in December 2025, seeks to establish safe, resilient, and innovative supply chains that cut across the critical minerals, semiconductors, artificial intelligence infrastructure, advanced manufacturing, logistics, and energy systems.
The officials reported that under the agreement, signatory countries will cooperate on the technology supply chains, which will involve strengthening trusted partnerships and minimizing vulnerabilities related to single-source reliance.
Therefore, the members will consider common base projects across compute infrastructure, mineral processing, manufacturing, and logistics.
The extension of Pax Silica to the UAE and the US is a significant expansion of the program to more countries than the initial participants of the program, who were the US, Britain, Australia, Israel, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore.
