13 Jun 2025

Tech7 Joint Declaration: Canada's 2025 G7 Presidency

As Canada hosts the 2025 G7 Presidency and commemorates the Summit’s 50th anniversary, the TECH7 community stands united in its commitment to shaping a digital future grounded in trust, international trade, partnership, innovation, and shared prosperity.

Next-generation technologies — including artificial intelligence, advanced semiconductors, cybersecurity and AI-security solutions, digital infrastructure, secure connectivity, quantum computing and autonomous systems — are redrawing the contours of economic power, social interaction, and national security. At a time of accelerating technological change and rising global fragmentation, G7 unity is more vital than ever to harness innovation as a force for good — accelerating progress, removing barriers, bridging divides, and defending democratic values in an increasingly contested digital landscape. G7 collaboration on critical and dual-use technologies will be vital to advancing adoption, reducing regulatory burden, and strengthening open markets. The TECH7 industry community believes that the digital economy can serve as a vital bridge across the Atlantic.

This milestone year offers a critical opportunity for G7 governments to steer the direction of technological progress. As host of the G7 Summit in Kananaskis, Alberta, on June 15-17, 2025, Canada is convening dialogue to advance inclusive economic growth, democratic resilience, and the accelerating digital transition.

The digital economy and governance now form the core of geopolitical and economic competition. From AI oversight and security to the architecture of data flows and digital infrastructure, the G7 must work together to address shared challenges. Under Canada’s leadership, there is a renewed opportunity to shape rules-based innovation that supports economic growth, social inclusion, and democratic norms.

About TECH7

TECH7 is a coalition of leading national technology associations from G7 members: TECHNATION (Canada), AFNUM (France), Anitec-Assinform (Italy), Bitkom (Germany), DIGITALEUROPE (European Union), ITI (United States), JEITA (Japan), Numeum (France), and techUK (United Kingdom). Since 2021, TECH7 has delivered coordinated, industry-driven recommendations on digital economy priorities to G7 leaders and ministers.

TECH7 works collectively to identify consensus positions, elevate cross-border industry insights, and propose practical, future-facing policy ideas. Through our ongoing engagement, TECH7 has played a catalytic role in advancing cross-border data flows, secure and trustworthy AI, resilience of critical infrastructure, and fostering digital trade opportunities — issues that are now central to G7 economic and security agendas.

This Joint Declaration reflects our shared industry perspective on the most urgent and actionable priorities facing G7 digital leaders today. Grounded in a pragmatic understanding of political and economic constraints, our recommendations are designed to inform the G7’s work in 2025 and serve as a touchstone for collaborative implementation across public and private sectors.

TECH7 stands ready to support G7 leaders and ministers — not only during the Kananaskis Summit, but through sustained partnership throughout 2025. We will continue to engage through the upcoming TECH7 Summit and G7 Digital Ministers Meeting to ensure these priorities remain actionable and relevant.

TECH7’s key priorities are: