The UAE has formally joined Pax Silica, a US-led bloc with "trusted" partners aimed at advancing innovation and supply chains amid the artificial intelligence-centred technology boom.
The pact was signed in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday by UAE Minister of State Saeed Alhajeri and US Undersecretary of State for Economic Affairs Jacob Helberg, who is on a Middle East tour including Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Israel.
Mr Helberg also invited Mr Alhajeri to a ministerial dialogue on critical minerals in Washington on February 4.
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