In the first ever
in person meet of the Quad leaders hosted by the president of the United States
Joe Biden, it has been decided that they will work together to promote 5G in
their respective nations and push for a supply chain with each other. The Quad
alliance includes India, Japan, Australia and the US.
There was a
special consideration given to technologies while discussing different regional
issues in the region. 5G is one of the emerging technologies that the Quad
announced its plans to establish a semiconductor supply chain initiative to map
and focus on the vulnerabilities and solve them.
Though none of
the representatives of the country took the name of China, from their previous
statements it was clear that this is being done to contain the spread of China
in this department. The geopolitical esports also stressed that this is a
strategic move and will curb China’s activities in the region.
The meeting was
held in Washington and the official statement said, “Resilient, diverse and
secure technology supply chains - for hardware, software and services - are
vital to our shared national interests.”
The prime
minister of India Narendra Modi was present along with the US president,
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga
and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and together the four leaders
stressed on cooperation among themselves on supply chains and further
strengthening the values with each other's partnership.
They also further
added that together the nations will also be jointly working towards security
and prosperity so that they can work towards handling international disasters
and emergencies.
It is a great
opportunity for India as this will boost its political efforts to outline China
and establish itself as a manufacturing unit. India, China have been at odds
for a long time now and it becomes all the more necessary for India to team up
with other countries to counter China’s action.
Another reason
why Quad countries are strengthening its efforts in this department is because
of tech dependency on Taiwan. Taiwan has strained relations with China making
it further difficult for it to be a platform for supplying hi-tech products.
China has already started to violate Taiwanese
airspace along with carrying cyber attacks in the region. Due to this, there
can be a head to mouth situation for these countries.
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