Meeting on August 25 in New Delhi, public and industrial officials from both countries confirmed the extension of their partnership to chips, artificial intelligence and advanced manufacturing.
The Indian Minister of Trade and Industry, Piyush Goyal, met on 25 August 2026 with representatives of the Japanese government and industry to discuss investments, technological collaboration and the agreement for a global economic partnership between the two countries. Both sides reaffirmed their intention to extend their cooperation to semiconductors, artificial intelligence and advanced manufacturing.
At this round table, Piyush Goyal presented fleas and AI as now central pillars of the economic security partnership sought by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Sanae Takaichi.
This rapprochement is part of a very contrasting Asian landscape in AI governance, between Japan's ambition to become "the most favourable nation to AI in the world", risk-based compliance frameworks based on the European regulation, and China's open source domination strategy supported by the state.
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