Senator Kim Leads Legislation to Strengthen Cooperation with Indo-Pacific Allies and Bolster American Security and Stability

WASHINGTON, D.C.–Today,Senator Andy Kim (D-N.J.)introduced thePartnership for Indo-Pacific Industrial Resilience Authorization Actto establish a security cooperation initiative and help strengthen alliances and partnerships in the Indo-Pacific region that are critical to America’s continued economic prosperity and security.
“Our alliances and partnerships around the globe are one of the strongest tools we have to ensure a safe, prosperous, and secure future for our country,”said Senator Kim.“It is more important than ever that we bring these strategic relationships together and take advantage of this shared information and resources to support a resilient industrial base that protects Americans’ lives and interests long-term.”
ThePartnership for Indo-Pacific Industrial Resilience Authorization Actaims to bolster supply chain security, expand industrial capacity and workforce while promoting co-development, and procurement of defense technologies across partner nations (including Japan, South Korea, Australia, India, and others). The legislationwould strengthen collaboration between the United States and allied and partner nations in the Indo-Pacific by:
Full text of the bill is availablehere.
Senator Kim has continued toemphasize his commitmentto fostering the United States’ alliances and partnerships in the Indo-Pacific, including previously highlighting the economic benefit of cooperating on emerging technologies like AI to ensure a competitive edge over China. He has alsooutlined the dangers of the Trump administration’s policies that cut America offfrom both economic opportunity and critical security partnerships, warning that these policies risk turning America from being the indispensable nation into being the unreliable nation.

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