Good morning. Deputy Prime Minister Correia, thank you for chairing this plenary. Kristalina, I’m glad to celebrate this partnership with you. The recent events in Syria and Gaza give us reason to hope that peace is possible wherever conflict exists—DRC, Sudan, Ukraine, Yemen, and beyond. As we hope for peace, we must also prepare for it. In that pursuit, we’ve convened expert groups to plan for reconstruction in Gaza and Ukraine—drawing on regional specialists from both the public and private sectors. The...

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Rising geopolitical tensions and security concerns about emerging critical technologies are reshaping international co-operation in science, technology and innovation (STI), according to a new OECD report. The OECD Science, Technology and Innovation Outlook 2025 finds that governments are increasingly aligning their STI policies with economic and national security objectives – from promoting critical research and emerging technologies, to protecting against unauthorised knowledge leakage, and projecting national interests through science diplomacy. This growing securitisation of STI reflects how the changing geopolitical environment is...

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM), in close coordination with the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) and the U.S. Departments of Commerce and State, is proud to support the launch of the American AI Exports Program—announced yesterday by our interagency partners as a bold, whole-of-government effort under President Trump’s leadership to advance U.S. innovation and global competitiveness in trusted, full-stack artificial intelligence (AI) technologies.   As a member of the Economic Diplomacy Action...

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