--- title: The US is about to tell 35 countries to choose between... description: A draft US letter reported by Reuters would tell the 35 signatories of Washington's AI Opportunity Statement that they must choose between America's Pax Silica... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/the-us-is-about-to-tell-35-countries-to-choose-between-it-and-china-on-ai-5tuqdogmp twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: The US is about to tell 35 countries to choose between it and China on AI | daily.dev og:description: A draft US letter reported by Reuters would tell the 35 signatories of Washington's AI Opportunity Statement that they must choose between America's Pax Silica... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/the-us-is-about-to-tell-35-countries-to-choose-between-it-and-china-on-ai-5tuqdogmp og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/5TuqDogMp.png og:image:alt: The US is about to tell 35 countries to choose between it and China on AI og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # The US is about to tell 35 countries to choose between it and China on AI **[The Next Web](https://daily.dev/sources/tnw)** · 6 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A draft US letter reported by Reuters would tell the 35 signatories of Washington's AI Opportunity Statement that they must choose between America's Pax Silica framework and China's newly launched World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization. Pax Silica, launched last year, ties together AI models, semiconductors and critical minerals across roughly two dozen full members including Japan, Australia, South Korea and Kazakhstan. Kazakhstan's decision to join both frameworks reportedly triggered the letter, since it holds critical minerals China has previously weaponized. Xi Jinping's rival body, announced in July, pitches open-weight Chinese models as an alternative to US influence, and Hugging Face's CEO says China now accounts for 41% of open-model downloads. Europe is notably absent from the named membership list, instead pursuing its own Made in EU sovereignty push. Critics like analyst Rui Ma argue coercive alliance-building may backfire long term. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What is Pax Silica and which countries have joined it? Pax Silica is a US-launched framework coordinating supply chains for AI models, semiconductors and critical minerals, launched last year with about two dozen members. Named members include Japan, Australia, South Korea and Kazakhstan, with Kazakhstan being the first Central Asian country to join, in June. Members get access to shared AI investment opportunities and coordinated export controls. _daily.dev surfaces geopolitical shifts like this for developers tracking AI supply chain and chip policy risk._ ### What is China's World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization? It is a rival framework to Pax Silica announced by Xi Jinping at a Shanghai conference in July, pitching China's open-weight AI models as an alternative to American influence. Unlike Pax Silica's investment access and shared export controls, China's offer centers on downloadable open-weight models, though Beijing was reportedly weighing restrictions on overseas access to its own top models around the same time. _developers weighing open-weight versus proprietary AI strategy can follow these bloc dynamics on daily.dev._ ### Why did Kazakhstan trigger US concern over dual AI alliance membership? Kazakhstan joined Pax Silica in June as the first Central Asian accession, then also joined China's rival AI framework, becoming the only country known to have signed both. Kazakhstan holds significant reserves of minerals essential to advanced chips, and China has previously used near-monopolies on such minerals as retaliatory leverage during the tariff war, making a hedging supplier the scenario Pax Silica was designed to prevent. _daily.dev tracks how critical-minerals leverage shapes AI hardware supply chains for teams planning around chip access._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [China pitches free AI for the developing world as the G7 debates who gets access to American models](https://daily.dev/posts/china-pitches-free-ai-for-the-developing-world-as-the-g7-debates-who-gets-access-to-american-models-yjzeqzqv6) · The Next Web · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Xi pitches open-source AI to BRICS as Beijing weighs curbs on its own models](https://daily.dev/posts/xi-pitches-open-source-ai-to-brics-as-beijing-weighs-curbs-on-its-own-models-vkcs0w2kn) · The Next Web · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [US, China to coordinate on AI threats](https://daily.dev/posts/us-china-to-coordinate-on-ai-threats-7thqqmexi) · TechCentral · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#open-source](https://daily.dev/tags/open-source), [#ai-governance](https://daily.dev/tags/ai-governance) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/the-us-is-about-to-tell-35-countries-to-choose-between-it-and-china-on-ai-5tuqdogmp) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"The US is about to tell 35 countries to choose between it and China on AI","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-us-is-about-to-tell-35-countries-to-choose-between-it-and-china-on-ai-5tuqdogmp","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-us-is-about-to-tell-35-countries-to-choose-between-it-and-china-on-ai-5tuqdogmp"},"datePublished":"2026-08-15T14:50:37.523Z","dateModified":"2026-09-13T20:09:09.736Z","description":"A draft US letter reported by Reuters would tell the 35 signatories of Washington's AI Opportunity Statement that they must choose between America's Pax Silica...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/ec2eb347693f35bf53e1dc342c2d55b1?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/ec2eb347693f35bf53e1dc342c2d55b1?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"The Next Web","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"The Next Web","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/tnw","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/tnw"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-us-is-about-to-tell-35-countries-to-choose-between-it-and-china-on-ai-5tuqdogmp","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"open-source,ai-governance","timeRequired":"PT6M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Next Web","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/tnw"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"The US is about to tell 35 countries to choose between it and China on AI"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-us-is-about-to-tell-35-countries-to-choose-between-it-and-china-on-ai-5tuqdogmp#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"What is Pax Silica and which countries have joined it?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Pax Silica is a US-launched framework coordinating supply chains for AI models, semiconductors and critical minerals, launched last year with about two dozen members. 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