US, Uzbekistan Launch Joint Investment Platform With an Eye on China

(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 StatesThe 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.