India on Friday joined the Pax Silica framework, a U.S.-led effort to create a secure supply chain for critical technologies that would be immune to meddling from China. India’s membership had been in doubt due to trade tensions with the United States under President Donald Trump.

“Pax Silica will be a group of nations that believe technology should empower free people and free markets. India’s entry into Pax Silica isn’t just symbolic. It’s strategic, it’s essential,” U.S. Ambassador Sergio Gor said at the signing ceremony in New Delhi for India’s entry into the agreement.

“From the trade deal to Pax Silica to defense cooperation, the…

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