Trump’s Pax Silica AI Hub Deal Sparks Protests Ahead of Philippines Trip

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"Under the guise of economic security, the US is converting the Philippines into a militarized industrial enclave," GABRIELA said.

Protests are scheduled ahead of President Trump's visit to Manila next week for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit, amid White House efforts to secure an international artificial intelligence supply-chain agreement.

Trump will be in the Philippines next week for the summit, which runs from November 16-18, and plans to meet with Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.

The initiative, launched last December, is described as the State Department's "flagship effort on Super Intelligence (SI) and supply chain security, advancing new economic security consensus among allies and trusted partners."

Its name is derived from the Latin "pax," meaning peace, and "silica," referring to the compound refined into silicon, one of the main chemical elements found in computer chips.

In an effort to build trust and cooperation among allies, the initiative will help accelerate AI development, secure the international supply chain, especially involving semiconductors and chip manufacturing and mineral production, and invest in industry to scale the global AI economy.

"We recognize that the technological revolution in AI is accelerating, increasingly reorganizing the world economy, and reshaping global supply chains," the State Department said in a memo. "We believe that economic value and growth will flow through and across all levels of the global AI supply chain, driving historic opportunity and demand for energy, critical minerals, manufacturing, technological hardware, infrastructure and new markets not yet invented."

With this agreement, the State Department said the U.S. and the more than 20 allies will secure innovation, fair competition and protect sensitive technologies and critical infrastructure from "undue access, influence or control."

The deal has sparked backlash from local Philippine communities concerned over the adverse environmental and human rights impacts of advancing AI industry across the country.

Earlier this week, student groups held a…

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