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US, Uzbekistan Launch Joint Investment Platform With an Eye on China
Washington has been boosting its presence in Uzbekistan and other Central Asian nations, an area increasingly courted by the communist regime in Beijing.
(L–R) U.S. International Development Finance Corporation CEO Ben Black, U.S. Export-Import Bank chairman John Jovanovic, Uzbekistan's President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, Uzbek investment minister Laziz Kudratov, and Uzbekistan Fund for Reconstruction executive director Shukhrat Vafaev pose for photo at a signing ceremony to launch a joint investment platform in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, on June 16, 2026.
Courtesy of the Export–Import Bank of the United States
The United States and Uzbekistan are launching a joint platform to expand investment and export financing, with a goal to strengthen the U.S. supply chain in Central Asia’s second largest economy while countering Chinese interests in the region.
The platform, signed June 16, aims to identify and develop investment and export opportunities in Uzbekistan, with a focus on “priority and strategically aligned sectors,” according to a copy of the framework viewed by The Epoch Times.
Eva Fu is an award-winning, New York-based journalist for The Epoch Times focusing on U.S. politics, U.S.-China relations, religious freedom, and human rights. Contact Eva at [email protected]
