India, Canada, Oz announce tech alliance

India, Australia, and Canada on Saturday announced a trilateral technology and innovation partnership after Prime Ministers Antony Albanese, Mark Carney and Narendra Modi met on the sidelines of the G20 Summit at Johannesburg in South Africa.

- Rahul Singh

The partnership will boost cooperation in key areas including emerging technologies, clean energy and building resilient supply chains, Modi said after the meeting.

“We are delighted to announce an Australia-Canada-India Technology and Innovation (ACITI) Partnership today. The initiative will deepen collaboration between democratic partners across three continents and three oceans in emerging technologies, support diversification of supply chains, clean energy and mass adoption of AI,” Modi wrote on X.

In a joint statement released on Saturday, the three countries agreed to strengthen their ambition in cooperation on critical and emerging technologies, to complement existing bilateral initiatives. “The initiative will draw on the natural strengths of the three countries and have an emphasis on green energy innovation and building resilient supply chains, including in critical minerals. It will deepen their respective ambition and strategic collaboration towards net zero and drive further diversification of supply chains towards a secure, sustainable, and resilient future,” the statement said.