Manila, May 16 -- United States Undersecretary of State for Economic Affairs Jacob Helberg will visit the Philippines to advance cooperation on technology and economic security between Manila and Washington, D.C., the US Department of State announced Saturday.

It said Helberg will visit the Philippines and Singapore from May 17 to 21 to meet with government officials, private sector representatives, and other member-states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to promote efforts toward building a "secure, resilient, innovation-driven technology ecosystem."

The visit followed the April 16 signing of the Pax Silica Declaration, a US-led initiative aimed at securing supply chains for semiconductors and artificial intellige...