Yesterday, we launched PAX SILICA, a partnership built for the AI age. This is the first time countries are organizing around compute, silicon, minerals and manufacturing as shared strategic assets. President Trump, Secretary Rubio and @davidsacks47 understood earlier than anyone that AI is the new backbone of economic power. This declaration operationalizes that insight. Building off of President Trump’s landmark AI Action Plan, this is American AI diplomacy at its best: building flexible coalitions, shaping markets, and putting AMERICA FIRST! 🇺🇸
We are working with the Philippines to build a FORWARD DEPLOYED INDUSTRIAL BASE in Luzon — a peaceful platform designed to secure vital supply-chain inputs for American and aligned companies, built with a strong sovereign partner, iterated on as we learn.
Statecraft, at its best, is a product. American products don’t just compete. They enchant and delight. That is the edge this country has. And it’s the foundation of the State Department’s economic statecraft strategy.
Four thousand acres. Roughly one-third the size of Manhattan — the equivalent of everything from Times Square south to the very tip of the island. A hub for industrial cooperation, shared growth and economic security. It is the first of its kind. We are doing new things because we are in new times! 🇺🇸 🇵🇭
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