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United States · GEOPOLITICS Key Facts —Draft State Department letter: Reuters reported on 14 August 2026 that it reviewed an undated State Department draft letter. The unsent draft tells 35 partner countries to pick one artificial intelligence (AI) grouping. —Exclusion threat: The draft says countries joining a rival g

Washington last year launched the Pax Silica initiative aimed at securing supply chains for AI models, semiconductors and critical minerals, amid a fierce technology rivalry with Beijing.

The US hopes to starve China of resources in a race to make the most sophisticated AI.