Australia, India, Japan, and USA create joint critical tech working group

Australia, India, Japan, and USA create joint critical tech working group

The first “Quad summit” of leaders from Australia, India, Japan, and the USA has announced the group will create a “Critical and Emerging Technology Working Group”.


“The Quad” is an increasingly tight grouping aimed at reminding China that it faces liked-minded allies that are not afraid to exert economic and military influence across the Indo-Pacific region.

The group staged its first-ever leaders’ summit – albeit virtually - over the weekend after years of lower-level and sporadic meetings.


The joint “Spirit of the Quad” statment said the group will: “respond to the economic and health impacts of COVID-19, combat climate change, and address shared challenges, including in cyber space, critical technologies, counterterrorism, quality infrastructure investment, and humanitarian-assistance and disaster-relief as well as maritime domains.”

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