Security News > 2022 > April > India inks tech pact with EU – only the US has the same deal
India's government and the European Union have signed up to create a "Trade and Technology Council" - an entity the EU has previously only created to enhance its relationship with the United States.
Details of the Council's scope of operations have not been revealed, but the EU/US version of the entity works on standards for emerging technologies, tech supply chains, information security, data governance, preventing misuse of technology when it threatens security and human rights, and SME access to and use of digital technologies.
That plan calls for the nation to become a semiconductor manufacturing power, see its Institutes of Technology - elite universities that have produced many Silicon Valley CEOs - play a larger role in the technology world, and to grow startups in fields including information security.
India's tech industry and capabilities have also been recognized by the UK, as the two nations late last week detailed the Enhanced Cyber Security Partnership announced in May 2021.
Recognition of UN norms that call for a prohibition on using information technology to intentionally damage or impair critical infrastructure, and suggest an obligation "To respond to appropriate requests to mitigate malicious ICT activity aimed at the critical infrastructure of another state emanating from their territory";.
A pledge to work with technology suppliers to ensure their products and services are safe for consumers.