Critical And Emerging Technologies
By Pittaluga Abogados
The Department of Commerce and the Department of State of the United States and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Industry, Energy, and Mining of Uruguay signed the U.S.-Uruguay Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) Concerning Cooperation on Select Critical and Emerging Technologies.
Building on a February 2024 Annual Bilateral Interministerial Dialogue in Washington, D.C., the delegations signed the MoU to demonstrate their shared commitment to advancing innovation, sustainability, and economic opportunity and increasing trade. The MoU seeks to increase cooperation and chart a concrete path forward on the development and deployment of select critical and emerging technologies.
It aims to focus on increased cooperation in the areas of semiconductors, artificial intelligence, data flows, clean energy, telecommunications, cybersecurity, and biotechnology.
The United States recognized Uruguay's leadership on critical and emerging technologies and strong track record in the principles of transparency, good governance, and anti-corruption.