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New Delhi: India, Australia, and Canada today agreed to enter into a new trilateral technology and innovation partnership: the Australia-Canada-India Technology and Innovation (ACITI) Partnership.
The three sides agreed to strengthen their ambition in cooperation on critical and emerging technologies, to complement existing bilateral initiatives.
The initiative will draw on the natural strengths of the three countries and have an emphasis on green energy innovation and building resilient supply chains, including in critical minerals. It will deepen their respective ambition and strategic collaboration towards net zero and drive further diversification of supply chains towards a secure, sustainable, and resilient future. The Partnership will also examine the development and mass adoption of artificial intelligence to improve the lives of our citizens.
They agreed that officials should convene in the first quarter of 2026 to take the initiative forward.
Key Pillars of the Trilateral Partnership
The ACITI Partnership will operate with a primary focus on strategic areas crucial for global growth, technological sovereignty, and climate action:
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Green Energy Innovation: The initiative will place a strong emphasis on clean energy technology to accelerate the three nations’ collective transition towards achieving net-zero emissions.
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Resilient Supply Chains: A core objective is to drive the diversification and security of global supply chains, specifically targeting critical minerals essential for modern clean technologies and advanced manufacturing.
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) Development: The partnership will examine the ethical development and mass adoption of AI to harness its potential for improving the lives of citizens in all three countries.
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Critical and Emerging Technologies: The alliance seeks to strengthen overall cooperation in a range of advanced technologies, complementing existing bilateral agreements between the three nations.
Strategic Vision for a Secure Future
The joint statement highlights that the collaboration will deepen their respective ambitions toward a secure, sustainable, and resilient future.
In a social media post, Prime Minister Modi noted that the initiative will deepen collaboration between democratic partners across three continents and three oceans, supporting the diversification of supply chains, clean energy, and the mass adoption of AI.
The formation of the ACITI Partnership signals a strategic effort to coordinate resources and capabilities—combining Australia’s mineral endowments, Canada’s clean technology expertise, and India’s manufacturing scale and vast AI talent pool—to shape critical technology ecosystems among democratic allies.
The three governments have agreed that officials should convene in the first quarter of 2026 to establish formal priorities and take the initiative forward. This forthcoming meeting will set the operational roadmap for the newly formed trilateral partnership.
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