On January 31, local time, after two consecutive days of talks between senior officials from the United States and India, the White House announced the "U.S.-India Critical and Emerging Technology Initiative" (iCET) aimed at enhancing the U.S.-India strategic partnership. , the business community and academia will commit to close cooperation in the six major fields of artificial intelligence (AI), communications, semiconductors, and aerospace.
US President's National Security Advisor Sullivan admitted in an interview on the 31st that the new US-India initiative has the background of "geopolitical competition with China", and exaggerated that China's economic and military development has brought great challenges to the US and India. The "Washington Post", Reuters and other media all interpreted on the same day that the US-India initiative is "competing with China in the fields of artificial intelligence", and the US and India will join forces to fight against China.
According to the White House website, on January 30, more than 40 senior officials, business leaders, and well-known scholars from the United States and India held a roundtable meeting at the White House to discuss matters related to the "U.S.-India Critical and Emerging Technology Initiative" (iCET). U.S. Secretary of Commerce Raimondo, U.S. President's National Security Advisor Sullivan, and Indian Prime Minister's National Security Advisor Ajit Doval attended the meeting.
On January 31, Sullivan and Ajit Doval co-hosted the first official meeting of the US-India Initiative on Critical and Emerging Technologies (iCET) in Washington. After the meeting, the White House website released a proposal statement, pointing out that the US and India will cooperate in six major areas.
The six areas include: strengthening the innovation ecosystem between the two countries (artificial intelligence, quantum technology, etc.); defense industry and technology; building a resilient semiconductor supply chain; space cooperation; Communication (5G, 6G technology).
In fact, as early as May 2022, US President Biden and Indian Prime Minister Modi announced the launch of the "US-India Critical and Emerging Technology Initiative", but the first official meeting was not held until January 31 this year. The next meeting is expected to be held in New Delhi, India later this year.
The White House did not mention China in the statement, but Sullivan revealed to the media on the 31st that the US-India initiative is to compete with China.
Regarding the so-called "cooperation" against China by the United States, India and other countries in recent years, as early as March 2021, Zhao Lijian, then spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, pointed out in response to the first summit of the "Quadruple Security Dialogue" between the United States, Japan, Australia and India that for some time Some countries are keen to play up and instigate the so-called China challenge and sow discord among countries in the region, especially their relations with China. However, what they have done reverses the trend of the times for peaceful development and cooperation, and goes against the common aspirations of countries and peoples in the region. Popular, will not succeed.
