Tech Diplomacy Now: India and the United States draw closer in critical technologies
Last week, President Biden hosted Prime Minister Modi for an expanded State Visit to highlight the increasingly close relationship between Delhi and Washington.
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Top News of the Week – India and the United States draw closer in critical technologies
Last week, President Biden hosted Prime Minister Modi for an expanded State Visit to highlight the increasingly close relationship between Delhi and Washington. Much of this relationship centers around a desire on both sides to increase cooperation and commercial activity in critical and emerging technology sectors.
One of the areas that both leaders stressed was the Initiative on Critical and Emerging Technologies (iCET), which was announced in late January. The iCET is a framework for India and the United States to coordinate government, business, and academic efforts in areas like artificial intelligence, quantum computing, semiconductors, and wireless telecommunication.
The initiative also provides a foundation for closer defense cooperation as both countries seek to constrain an increasingly aggressive People’s Republic of China.
More background:
Joint Statement from the United States and India – Executive Office of the President, June 22, 2023
United States and India Elevate Strategic Partnership with the initiative on Critical and Emerging Technology (iCET) – Executive Office of the President, January 31, 2023
What is the United States-India Initiative on Critical and Emerging Technology (iCET)? – Carnegie India, February 27, 2023
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Latest News
US overtakes China as market for South Korean goods – Financial Times, June 22, 2023
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Technology Strategy and Policy
The EU isn’t even running the race for techno-industrial leadership – European Council on Foreign Relations, June 20, 2023
Young raises concerns to SEC about Americans investing in China-based companies – Washington Examiner, June 22, 2023
Silicon Valley VCs rush into defence technology start-ups – Financial Times, June 20, 2023
US to ease visas for skilled Indian workers as Modi visits – Reuters, June 21, 2023
Biden and Modi Announce Defense, Chips Deals at White House – Bloomberg, June 22, 2023
Artificial Intelligence
Interview with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman – Time, June 21, 2023
How existential risk became the biggest meme in AI – MIT Technology Review, June 19, 2023
Telecommunications Networks and Infrastructure
American Companies Are Hostage to the Whims of TikTok – WSJ, June 21, 2023
U.S. Tracked Huawei, ZTE Workers at Suspected Chinese Spy Sites in Cuba – WSJ, June 21, 2023
The government is helping Big Telecom squeeze out city-run broadband – The Verge, June 20, 2023
Critical Minerals
Can Australia break China’s monopoly on critical minerals? – The Economist, June 20, 2023
America Dropped the Baton in the Rare-Earth Race – Foreign Policy, June 23, 2023
Synthetic Biology
Meat cultivated in a lab is finally on the menu in the US – Quartz, June 22, 2023
This Startup Is Rewriting the Language Of Life To Make Smart Biologics – Forbes, June 20, 2023
How Do We Unite Synbio and Pharma? – SynBioBeta, June 14, 2023
Quantum
Microsoft expects to build a quantum supercomputer within 10 years – TechCrunch, June 21, 2023
Why bigger quantum neural networks do better – Nature, June 26, 2023
Advanced Aerospace Technology
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China's COMAC soars, helped by state-backed funding – Nikkei Asia, June 20, 2023
SpaceX successfully launches world’s first “space factory” – Freethink, June 18, 2023
Semiconductors and Microelectronics
Chemical Makers, Tool Suppliers Can Now Get Chips Act – WSJ, June 23, 2023
Micron Aggression: The Right Response to Beijing’s Ban on the U.S. Chipmaker – CSIS, June 22, 2023
Rebuilding Intel – Foundry vs IDM Decades of Inefficiencies Unraveled – SemiAnalysis, June 22, 2023
Intel restructures manufacturing business – Reuters, June 21, 2023
Energy and Climate
China unveils $72 billion tax break for EVs, other green cars to spur demand – Reuters, June 21, 2023
Paris to New York in 1.5 hours: The hydrogen jet looking to usher in hypersonic air travel – Euronews, June 23, 2023
Europe pushes ahead with hydrogen pipelines to meet energy demand – Financial Times, June 14, 2023
Are quantum computers really energy efficient? – Nature, June 26, 2023
Opinion and Commentary
Are the robots coming for us? Ask AI. – DJ Nordquist and Eric Carlson, MarketWatch, June 26, 2023
Putin’s Weakness Unmasked – The New Yorker, June 24, 2023
Prigozhin’s Mutiny Is the Beginning of Putin’s End – Foreign Policy, June 24, 2023
Pivot to the Pacific? That Misses the Point – WSJ, June 23, 2023
It’s Getting Riskier to Do Business in China – Simone Gao, WSJ, June 21, 2023
The Last Word
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Senator Todd Young (R-Indiana)
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