美国宣布25亿美元投资计划 强化东南亚基建与科技

[来源: CP] [分类提示: NEWS] 标题: United States Deploys Multi-Billion Dollar Strategy to Anchor Security and Technological Leadership in Southeast Asia Secretary Marco Rubio’s high-level diplomacy in Manila signals a major U.S. push to enhance infrastructure, energy security, and regional competitiveness across ASEAN Manila: In a decisive bid to reinforce its strategic presence and counterbalance competing global powers in Southeast Asia, the United States has unveiled a massive multi-billion-dollar initiative designed to deepen ties across the Indo-Pacific. During his official diplomacy in Manila from July 21 to 23, 2026, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with ASEAN leaders to reaffirm American commitment to ASEAN centrality and advance the vision of a Free and Open Indo-Pacific. As part of this visit, Washington announced over $2.5 billion in targeted investments and grant programs spanning strategic infrastructure, energy security, technology exports, counter-transnational crime, and defense cooperation. At the center of the economic and technological pillar is the new AI SPARK initiative under the Pax Silica framework, which aims to make Southeast Asia a major destination for American artificial intelligence exports while backing public sector deployments. To support critical digital systems, Washington is committing $10 million to secure and modernize the information and communications technology infrastructure of the Philippines. In the energy sphere, the Millennium Challenge Corporation app