Overview
- Leaders unveiled the Australia-Canada-India Technology and Innovation Partnership on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Johannesburg.
- The initiative targets resilient supply chains with an emphasis on critical minerals to reduce single-source dependencies.
- A friend-shoring model is envisioned to link Australian and Canadian mines to Indian processing and manufacturing hubs.
- Collaboration will include research, development and deployment of renewable technologies such as hydrogen and energy storage.
- Responsible AI is a stated priority, with exploration of deploying Canadian foundational models on India’s Digital Public Infrastructure and officials expected to reconvene in the first quarter of 2026.