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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