The United States and its allies have agreed to jointly protect artificial intelligence technologies and supply chains from Chinese influence, the Financial Times reports. The agreement under the American Pax Silica initiative has already been signed by eight countries, including Japan, the United Kingdom and India; Germany, Sweden, the Netherlands and the European Commission are expected to join next week. The agreement was signed on the eve of Donald Trump's meeting with Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin at the APEC summit in Shenzhen.