Under Secretary of State Jacob S. Helberg

Yesterday, we launched PAX SILICA, a partnership built for the AI age. This is the first time countries are organizing around compute, silicon, minerals and manufacturing as shared strategic assets. President Trump, Secretary Rubio and @davidsacks47 understood earlier than anyone that AI is the new backbone of economic power. This declaration operationalizes that insight. Building off of President Trump’s landmark AI Action Plan, this is American AI diplomacy at its best: building flexible coalitions, shaping markets, and putting AMERICA FIRST! 🇺🇸

Hyperscale #AI data centers need 50K tons of #copper (IEA) — a 30% deficit looms by 2035. I look forward to seeing the evolution of this partnership and how it can support #PaxSilica objectives. The U.S welcomes more industry partnerships like these to the table!

Great to be back at the Googleplex and catch up with @sundarpichai. From Al to quantum computing and autonomous cars, American innovation is setting the pace for the next era of technology — and U.S. leadership in this race has never mattered more! 🇺🇸

Great to join @EdLudlow on @technology to discuss the Trump Administration’s economic statecraft strategy, the security of our supply chains, and our special economic partnership with the Philippines.

We are working with the Philippines to build a FORWARD DEPLOYED INDUSTRIAL BASE in Luzon — a peaceful platform designed to secure vital supply-chain inputs for American and aligned companies, built with a strong sovereign partner, iterated on as we learn. Statecraft, at its best, is a product. American products don’t just compete. They enchant and delight. That is the edge this country has. And it’s the foundation of the State Department’s economic statecraft strategy. Four thousand acres. Roughly one-third the size of Manhattan — the equivalent of everything from Times Square south to the very tip of the island. A hub for industrial cooperation, shared growth and economic security. It is the first of its kind. We are doing new things because we are in new times! 🇺🇸 🇵🇭 state.gov/releases/offic…

The New Clark City in Tarlac will host an industrial hub centered on artificial intelligence (AI) innovation and investments on a 1,618-hectare property. This development comes as the Philippines formally joins the Pax Silica Declaration, a United States-led initiative that seeks to build a secure, resilient, and innovation-driven silicon supply chain covering critical minerals, semiconductors, AI, and advanced manufacturing. FULL STORY: pna.gov.ph/articles/12733…

The planned AI -native industrial hub in New Clark City in Tarlac Province is a “win-win” for the Philippines, which recently signed the US-led Pax Silica Declaration with 14 other states, an official said Friday. The hub, to be constructed in a 4,000-acre area along the Luzon Economic Corridor, will be the first in the world. pna.gov.ph/articles/12736…

The frontier is not a place on a map. It is a posture. A willingness to build what doesn't exist yet. This is what America is building with trusted partners: AI-native infrastructure that runs on agentic systems, not on the coercion playbook of the last twenty years. That posture — the willingness to build, to iterate, to ship — is the DNA of America. It is how founders turn "no" into breakthroughs. How we turn adversity into advantage. How a nation of underdogs keeps rewriting the rules the experts said were fixed. That is the posture of this administration. And that is how we will win the AI revolution, the way we always have. Thank you to @CFR and @axios Managing Editor @DavidLawler10, for having me at this fireside chat. state.gov/releases/under…

@UnderSecE Helberg joined a fireside chat with @axios Managing Editor @DavidLawler10, co-hosted by @CFR. He laid out how America is building AI-native infrastructure with trusted partners, platforms where allies share in the upside, not the debt. "Statecraft, at its best, is a product. Our job is not to issue communiqués. It is to ship." This is how founders work. This is how underdogs win. And this is how America will secure the supply chains of the AI revolution. 🇺🇸

🚨 THREAD: The Trump Administration just scored a historic deal to strengthen U.S. supply chains. Announced by @UnderSecE Jacob Helberg, the agreement will counter China by creating an economic security zone in the Philippines. Here's what that means for national security. 🧵⬇️

.@UnderSecE announced the United States’ and the Philippines’ plans to establish a 4,000-acre industrial hub to secure inputs vital to American and global supply chains.

4/23 at 12:00 pm ET: Undersecretary of State for Economic Affairs @UnderSecE sits for a fireside chat with @axios Managing Editor @DavidLawler10, co-hosted by CFR, UT Austin, Texas A&M, Rice University, and Baylor University: youtube.com/live/rhV2eTKB2…

Lors d'un événement organisé par @CFR_Org, le @UnderSecretaryF et le @UnderSecE ont souligné comment la diplomatie commerciale permettait de faire passer les pays « de l’aide au commerce ». En mobilisant des ressources privées et en favorisant la collaboration public-privé, nous ne faisons pas seulement progresser les intérêts de « l'Amérique d'abord » — nous contribuons à établir les partenaires prospères et autonomes de demain. - via @USForeignAssist

AI is becoming a defining force in global economic competitiveness. @jacobhelberg, Under Secretary for Economic Affairs at the U.S. @StateDept, spoke on what is at stake for Europe in the next phase of growth. #FTCommodities