Brussels is joining a Washington-led effort to secure AI chip supply chains, a fortnight after unveiling a tech-sovereignty agenda built on the opposite instinct.
The European Union is set to join Pax Silica, the US-led initiative to coordinate AI chip supply chains and export controls against China. The decision is awkwardly timed.
It arrives just as Brussels has been promoting a tech-sovereignty agenda whose entire premise is reducing Europe’s dependence on foreign suppliers, including American ones.
Pax Silica was launched by Washington in December 2025 to secure global supply chains for AI semiconductors, critical minerals, and advanced technologies, and to bind a chosen group of partners into a coordinated stance on export controls.
The 💜 of EU techThe latest rumblings from the EU tech scene, a story from our wise ol' founder Boris, and some questionable AI art. It's free, every week, in your inbox. Sign up now!The UK, Japan, South Korea, India, and Australia have already signed on. So, individually, have three EU member states: Greece, Finland, and Sweden.
