India joined a United States-led multinational initiative to strengthen technology cooperation among strategic allies in a move that underscores the countries’ deepening ties.
The February 2026 decision aligns New Delhi with Washington’s efforts to build secure supply chains for semiconductors, advanced manufacturing and critical technologies as geopolitical competition intensifies.
The Pax Silica framework also includes Australia, Israel, Japan, Qatar, the Republic of Korea, Singapore, the United Arab Emirates and the United Kingdom.
“Pax Silica will be a group of nations that believe technology should empower free people and free markets,” said U.S. Ambassador to India Sergio Gor. “India’s entry into Pax Silica isn’t just symbolic. It’s strategic, it’s essential.”
Launched in Washington in December 2025, the nonbinding coalition aims to enhance cooperation on semiconductor design, fabrication, research and supply chain resilience. Availability and acquisition of rare-earth minerals essential to magnets and other advanced technologies is an important provision. The initiative seeks to reduce dependence on China-dominated manufacturing hubs while promoting production networks across strategic allies.
India’s membership, announced at an artificial intelligence summit in New Delhi, came weeks after India and the U.S. agreed to reduce tariffs and expand access to each other’s markets.
India imports a large share of its critical minerals, many of them from China, which constitutes a vulnerability, India Today magazine reported. Pax Silica provides diversification, offering access to resources, capital and technology.
India’s entry into the coalition, combined with trade concessions, marks a strategic convergence that extends beyond commerce into long-term technology and security cooperation, reinforcing India’s role as a key U.S. partner in the Indo-Pacific.
“From the trade deal to Pax Silica to defense cooperation, the potential for our two nations to work together is truly limitless,” Gor said.
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