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GS-2: Bilateral, regional and global groupings and agreements involving India and/or affecting India’s interests.
Context:
Recently, India announced a new trilateral technology and innovation partnership with Australia and Canada to enhance cooperation in critical and emerging technologies, on the sidelines of the G20 Leaders’ Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa.
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- Officials from the three nations will meet in the first quarter of 2026 to take the initiative forward.
- ACITI initiative aligns with India’s broader push toward global technology partnerships and strengthening supply-chain security through multilateral frameworks at the G20 platform.
Key highlights of the ACITI Partnership
- The initiative will deepen collaboration in critical and emerging technologies, support diversification of supply chains, clean energy and mass adoption of AI.
- ACITI aims to advance shared goals on the path to net-zero emissions, support diversification of global supply chains, and promote a secure, sustainable, and resilient technological ecosystem.
- The partnership will also examine the development and mass adoption of artificial intelligence to improve the citizen’s lives.
- The ACITI Partnership will draw on the technological and industrial strengths of each country while supporting shared objectives for a secure and sustainable future.
G20 Leader’s Summit
- The G20 Leaders’ Summit is an annual meeting of the heads of state and government from the world’s major economies to discuss global challenges.
- The November 2025 Johannesburg meeting marked the first-ever G20 Leaders’ Summit hosted on the African continent.
- The summit placed strong emphasis on key Global South priorities, including debt sustainability, climate finance and institutional reform.
About G-20
- The G20, or “Group of Twenty”, is a forum that brings together the world’s major economies to discuss economic, political and social issues of global significance.
- It serves as the primary platform for international economic cooperation, a role formally recognised at the Pittsburgh Summit in September 2009.
- Collectively, G20 members account for approximately 85% of global GDP, over 75% of world trade, and around two-thirds of the world’s population, with additional invited guest countries and international organisations participating each year.
- The G20 comprises 21 members: South Africa, the African Union, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, the European Union, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, Russia, Türkiye, the United Kingdom and the United States.
- South Africa holds the G20 Presidency from 1 December 2024 to 30 November 2025. India held the G20 presidency once in 2023.