India, USA and South Korean officials have recently committed to coordinate measures to protect sensitive technologies and build trusted technology ecosystems in the region and globally.
Following the inauguration of the U.S.-India initiative on Critical and Emerging Technology (iCET) in January 2023 and the U.S.-ROK Next Generational Critical and Emerging Technology Dialogue in December 2023, the United States, India, and the ROK convened an inaugural trilateral technology dialogue in Seoul.
The three sides, led by Senior Director Tarun Chhabra of the U.S. National Security Council and Special Envoy for Critical and Emerging Technology Seth Center of the U.S. State Department, Deputy National Security Advisor Wang Yunjong of the ROK National Security Office, and Joint Secretary Lekhan Thakkar of the Indian National Security Council Secretariat, committed to expand cooperation on critical and emerging technologies in support of our shared economic national security interests, including spurring innovation and economic growth, building more resilient technology supply chains, and delivering technology solutions for the broader Indo-Pacific region, read a statement issued by the US Embassy in South Korea on Wednesday.
In this first trilateral technology meeting, the United States, South Korea, and India discussed opportunities to cooperate on semiconductor supply chains; telecommunications and digital public infrastructure; artificial intelligence; quantum; space; advanced materials; clean energy and critical minerals; defense industrial development and production; and biotechnology, including active pharmaceutical supply chains.
