U.S. Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs Jacob Helberg on Monday piled pressure on Brussels to get on board.
“Pax Silica is knitting together the trusted network the AI race requires. Europe belongs in that network. The question is whether Brussels will let it show up,” Helberg posted on X.
Helberg is visiting Brussels this week as part of a European tour that includes the Netherlands, France and the U.K.
The decision on whether the EU will join Pax Silica comes at a sensitive time in transatlantic relations, as the bloc considers how closely linked it wants to be with the U.S. on sensitive technologies including chips and gets ready to present a plan in May to reduce dependencies.
In December, the Commission sent its ambassador to the U.S., Jovita Neliupšienė, to the Pax Silica launch summit to take part in sessions on critical minerals and economic security. Since then, the Commission has been in early-stage discussions with the U.S.
Two EU countries, Sweden and Greece, have already signed up individually to the Pax Silica declaration.