Under Secretary for Economic Affairs Jacob Helberg will travel to Houston, Texas, on March 17, 2026, with U.S. Ambassador to the Kingdom of Sweden Christine Toretti to meet with Swedish Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard. Foreign Minister Stenergard will sign the Pax Silica Declaration on behalf of Sweden, observed by Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden, marking Sweden’s entry into the Pax Silica initiative.
Sweden will be the first EU Member State to sign the Pax Silica Declaration since its official launch in December 2025, furthering efforts to build a network of trusted partners to secure global technology supply chains, address AI-related opportunities and vulnerabilities, and pursue joint investment. With this signing, Sweden becomes the twelfth Pax Silica member, joining Australia, Greece, India, Israel, Japan, Qatar, the Republic of Korea, Singapore, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America.
Pax Silica is a positive-sum partnership of nations that want to remain competitive and prosperous.
Upon conclusion of the ceremony, Under Secretary Helberg will depart for Dallas to meet with the President and CEO of the Ericsson Group Börje Ekholm and the President and CEO of Ericsson Americas Yossi Cohen. The Under Secretary will tour Ericsson’s USA 5G Smart Factory, which manufactures equipment powering 5G networks across the United States.
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