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May 14, 2026
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Pax Silica: Inside the Trump Administration’s Tech Strategy with Jacob Helberg
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Jacob Helberg
(Undersecretary of State for Economic Affairs, guest)
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Executive Summary
State Department is spearheading 'Pax Silica,' a 14-nation economic security coalition designed to build resilient and secure supply chains for AI and other critical technologies, countering over-reliance on China.
A cornerstone of this strategy is the creation of a 'forward deployed industrial base' in the Philippines, a 4,000-acre economic security zone operating under U.S.
diplomatic law to attract private investment in manufacturing and processing.
This approach emphasizes public-private partnerships, leveraging the dynamism of the American private sector as a key geopolitical advantage over China's state-led Belt and Road Initiative.
The strategy extends beyond semiconductors to address vulnerabilities across the entire technology ecosystem, including robotics, rare earth mineral processing, and other essential AI hardware components.
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