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The &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Group of Three&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;G-3&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; or &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;G3&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;) is an informal grouping made up of the [[United States]], [[China]], and [[India]]. These countries are the [[List of countries by GDP (PPP)|three largest countries]] by [[gross domestic product]] based on [[purchasing power parity]] (PPP). They are also the [[List of countries by population (United Nations)|three largest countries by population]].&lt;br /&gt;
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References to a Group of Three of the United States, China, and India date back to the twenty-first century. Like the [[Group of Two|G2]] grouping of the United States and China, the original concept was rooted in the strong economic growth of India and China since the 1990s which led to them becoming [[emerging power]]s and [[great power]]s in the early twenty-first century. The [[World Economic Forum]] used the term G3 in 2023, after India became the fastest-growing major economy in the first three years after the [[COVID-19 recession]]. Since then, World Economic Forum President [[Børge Brende]] continuously promoted the idea of the G3.&lt;br /&gt;
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== History ==&lt;br /&gt;
The United States became the third most-populous country after China and India in the 1990s after the [[Dissolution of the Soviet Union|dissolution]] of the [[Soviet Union]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www2.census.gov/prod2/statcomp/documents/1991-02.pdf |title=Population and Area (Historical Censuses) |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=June 20, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080624185938/http://www2.census.gov/prod2/statcomp/documents/1991-02.pdf |archive-date=June 24, 2008 |url-status=live  }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Almanaque Mundial 1996, Editorial América/Televisa, Mexico, 1995, pp. 548–552 (Demografía/Biometría table).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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=== The Quad ===&lt;br /&gt;
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In early 2007, [[Japan]]ese Prime Minister [[Shinzo Abe]] proposed the [[Quadrilateral Security Dialogue]], under which [[India]] would join a formal multilateral dialogue with [[Japan]], the [[United States]] and [[Australia]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Brewster, David(2010). &amp;quot;The Australia-India Security Declaration: The Quadrilateral Redux?&amp;quot;. ANU.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web |url=https://www.mofa.go.jp/region/asia-paci/pmv0708/speech-2.html |date=22 August 2007 |title=&amp;quot;Confluence of the Two Seas&amp;quot; Speech by H.E.Mr. Shinzo Abe, Prime Minister of Japan at the Parliament of the Republic of India |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan |access-date=14 February 2021}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; This grouping became known as the Quad.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news |last1=Martin |first1=Sarah |title=Albanese insists &amp;#039;we will determine our values&amp;#039; after Chinese premier reaches out to new PM |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/may/24/anthony-albanese-tells-quad-summit-australia-will-help-build-stronger-indo-pacific |access-date=10 June 2022 |work=The Guardian |date=24 May 2022 |language=en}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web |last=A. Smith |first=Sheila |date=27 May 2021 |title=The Quad in the Indo-Pacific: What to Know |url=https://www.cfr.org/in-brief/quad-indo-pacific-what-know |access-date=24 September 2024 |website=Council on Foreign Relations |language=en}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; is a grouping of [[Australia]], [[India]], [[Japan]], and the [[United States]] that is maintained by talks between member countries. The grouping follows the &amp;quot;Tsunami Core Group&amp;quot; and its &amp;quot;new type of diplomacy&amp;quot; developed in response to the 2004 [[2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami|Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami]].&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;:0&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite web |last1=Buchan |first1=Patrick Gerard |last2=Rimland |first2=Benjamin |date=16 March 2020 |title=Defining the Diamond: The Past, Present, and Future of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue |url=https://www.csis.org/analysis/defining-diamond-past-present-and-future-quadrilateral-security-dialogue |access-date=24 January 2025 |website=CSIS.org}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The partnership is known formally as the &amp;quot;Quad,&amp;quot; not the &amp;quot;Quadrilateral Security Dialogue,&amp;quot; noting its nature as a diplomatic, not security, partnership.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web |title=The Quad |url=https://www.dfat.gov.au/international-relations/regional-architecture/quad |website=Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The &amp;quot;Quadrilateral Security Dialogue&amp;quot; is a misnomer not used officially by the Quad governments.{{Citation needed|date=January 2025}}&lt;br /&gt;
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The initiation of an American, Japanese, Australian and Indian defense arrangement, modeled on the concept of a [[Democratic peace theory|Democratic Peace]], was credited to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Chellaney&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Chellaney, Brahma. [http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/eo20081103bc.html &amp;quot;Different playbooks aimed at balancing Asia’s powers&amp;quot;]. &amp;#039;&amp;#039;The Japan Times&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, 3 November 2008 (originally published by the BBC Monitoring South Asia).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The Quad was supposed to establish an &amp;quot;Asian Arc of Democracy&amp;quot;, envisioned to ultimately include countries in Central Asia, Mongolia, the Korean Peninsula, and other countries in Southeast Asia: &amp;quot;virtually all the countries on China’s periphery, except for China itself.&amp;quot; This led some critics, such as former [[United States Department of State|U.S. State Department]] official [[Morton Abramowitz]], to call the project &amp;quot;an anti-Chinese move&amp;quot;,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Ching, Frank. [https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/opinon/2008/04/171_19480.html &amp;quot;Asian Arc of Democracy&amp;quot;]  &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Korea Times]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, 24 February 2008.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; while others have called it a &amp;quot;democratic challenge&amp;quot; to the projected Chinese century, mounted by Asian powers in coordination with the United States. While China has traditionally favored the [[Shanghai Cooperation Organisation]], the Quad was viewed as an &amp;quot;Asian [[NATO]];&amp;quot; Daniel Twining of the German Marshall Fund of the United States has written that the arrangement &amp;quot;could lead to military conflict,&amp;quot; or could instead &amp;quot;lay an enduring foundation for peace&amp;quot; if China becomes a democratic leader in Asia.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Twining, Daniel. [http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/29d6bc30-6bc9-11dc-863b-0000779fd2ac.html &amp;quot;The new Asian order’s challenge to China&amp;quot;]. &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Financial Times&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, 26 September 2007.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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During the [[2017 ASEAN Summits]] in [[Manila]], all four former members led by Abe, Australian Prime Minister [[Malcolm Turnbull]], Indian Prime Minister [[Narendra Modi]], and US President [[Donald Trump]] agreed to revive the Quad partnership in order to counter China militarily and diplomatically in the [[Indo-Pacific]] region, particularly in the [[South China Sea]]. Tensions between Quad members and China have led to fears of what was dubbed by some commentators &amp;quot;a [[Second Cold War|new Cold War]]&amp;quot; in the region,&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;jamali&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news |last1=Jamali |first1=Naveed |last2=O&amp;#039;Connor |first2=Tom |title=US, China&amp;#039;s Geopolitical Battle for Asia Shapes New Power Dynamic for Region |url=https://www.newsweek.com/us-china-geopolitical-battle-asia-shapes-power-dynamics-region-1541509 |access-date=13 April 2021 |work=Newsweek |date=22 October 2020}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;heydarian&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news |last1=Heydarian |first1=Richard |author-link1=Richard Heydarian |title=Quad summit next step towards an Asian NATO |url=https://asiatimes.com/2021/03/quad-summit-next-step-towards-an-asian-nato/ |access-date=13 April 2021 |work=Asia Times |date=13 March 2021}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;kobara&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news |last1=Kobara |first1=Junnosuke |last2=Moriyasu |first2=Ken |title=Japan will turn to Quad in &amp;#039;new Cold War&amp;#039;: Defense Ministry think tank |url=https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/International-relations/Japan-will-turn-to-Quad-in-new-Cold-War-Defense-Ministry-think-tank |access-date=13 April 2021 |work=Nikkei Asia |date=27 March 2021}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;aj_rasheed&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news |last1=Rasheed |first1=Zaheena |title=What is the Quad and can it counter China&amp;#039;s rise? |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/11/25/what-is-the-quad-can-us-india-japan-and-australia-deter-china |access-date=13 April 2021 |work=Al Jazeera |date=25 November 2020}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;power_scmp&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news |last1=Power |first1=John |title=What is the Quad, and how will it impact US-China relations under the Biden administration? |url=https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/explained/article/3122933/what-quad-and-how-will-it-impact-us-china-relations-under-biden |access-date=13 April 2021 |work=South China Morning Post |date=24 February 2021}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and the Chinese government responded to the Quad dialogue by issuing formal diplomatic protests to its members, calling it  &amp;quot;Asian [[NATO]]&amp;quot;.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news |author1=DIPANJAN ROY CHAUDHURY |title=India never had a NATO mentality: EAM S Jaishankar |newspaper=[[The Economic Times]] |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/india-never-had-a-nato-mentality-eam-s-jaishankar/articleshow/82071959.cms}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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China sent diplomatic protests to all four members of the Quad before any formal convention of its members.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Nicholson, Brendan. [http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/china-warns-canberra-on-pact/2007/06/14/1181414466861.html &amp;quot;China warns Canberra on security pact&amp;quot;]. &amp;#039;&amp;#039;The Age&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, 15 June 2007.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; In May 2007 in [[Manila]], Australian Prime Minister John Howard participated with other members in the inaugural meeting of the Quad at Cheney&amp;#039;s urging, one month after joint naval exercises near Tokyo by India, Japan and the United States. In September 2007 further naval exercises were held in the [[Bay of Bengal]], including Australia.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Chellaney&amp;quot; /&amp;gt; These were followed in October by a further security agreement between Japan and India, ratified during a visit by Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to Tokyo, to promote sea lane safety and defence collaboration; Japan had previously established such an agreement only with Australia.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Chellaney&amp;quot; /&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Though the Quadrilateral initiative of the [[Presidency of George W. Bush|Bush administration]] improved relationships with New Delhi, it gave the impression of &amp;quot;encircling&amp;quot; China.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;LeeStraits&amp;quot; /&amp;gt; The security agreement between Japan and India furthermore made China conspicuous as absent on the list of Japan&amp;#039;s strategic partners in Asia.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;BusTim Ed&amp;quot; /&amp;gt; These moves appeared to &amp;quot;institutionally alienate&amp;quot; China, the [[ASEAN|Association of South-East Asian Nations]] (ASEAN), and promote a &amp;quot;Washington-centric&amp;quot; ring of alliances in Asia.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;LeeStraits&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Lee, John, &amp;quot;Bush legacy: Better US-India relations.&amp;quot; &amp;#039;&amp;#039;The Straits Times (Singapore)&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, 8 October 2009.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;BusTim Ed&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Editorial: &amp;quot;China left out in India-Japan pact&amp;quot;. &amp;#039;&amp;#039;The Business Times Singapore&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, 28 October 2008.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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The Japanese Prime Minister succeeding Abe, [[Taro Aso]], downplayed the importance of China in the Japan-India pact signed following the creation of the Quad, stating, &amp;quot;There was mention of China – and we do not have any assumption of a third country as a target such as China.&amp;quot; Indian Foreign Secretary [[Shiv Shankar Menon]] similarly argued that the defence agreement was long overdue because of Indian freight trade with Japan, and did not specifically target China.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Varadarajan, Siddharth. &amp;quot;Indian PM stresses economic, security ties with Japan not at cost of China.&amp;quot; The Hindu (via &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[BBC]] Monitoring South Asia&amp;#039;&amp;#039;), 23 October 2008. {{ProQuest|460061567}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; On the cusp of visits to China and meetings with [[Premier of China|Premier]] [[Wen Jiabao]] and [[General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party|CCP General Secretary]] [[Hu Jintao]] in January 2008, the Indian prime minister, [[Manmohan Singh]], declared that &amp;quot;India is not part of any so-called contain China effort,&amp;quot; after being asked about the Quad.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://web.archive.org/web/20080112213919/http://www.hindu.com/2008/01/11/stories/2008011164001200.htm &amp;quot;PM says India not part of “so called contain China” effort&amp;quot;] The Hindu, 11 January 2008.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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China and India&amp;#039;s economic growth led to observers predicting they will grow in geopolitical influence to shape a &amp;quot;new G3&amp;quot; alongside the United States.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Merchant&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/column-india-shaping-the-new-g3-2580170|title=India shaping the new G3|last=Merchant|first=Minhaz|date=1 February 2018}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=WEF /&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Indian Prime Minister [[Narendra Modi]] in his opening statement, on 24 May 2022, remarked the Quad has gained a significant place on the world stage and that it is a “force for good” for the [[Indo-Pacific|Indo-Pacific region]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web |title=Quad A Force For Good, Makes Indo-Pacific Better, Says PM Modi: 10 Points |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/pm-narendra-modis-at-quad-summit-in-tokyo-quad-a-force-for-good-helps-make-a-better-indo-pacific-region-3003210 |access-date=25 May 2022 |website=NDTV.com}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The 2024 Quad meeting was originally set to be hosted by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and was scheduled to be held in January immediately following [[Republic Day (India)|Republic Day in India]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web |last=Mattoo |first=Shashank |date=13 December 2023 |title=Quad meet moved to late 2024 with Biden expected to pass on Republic Day invite |url=https://www.livemint.com/news/world/quad-meet-moved-to-late-2024-with-biden-expected-to-pass-on-republic-day-invite-11702407612323.html |access-date=5 April 2024 |website=mint |language=en}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The meeting was then postponed to September in that year and was hosted by US president [[Joe Biden]] in [[Delaware]], United States.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite news |last=Haidar |first=Suhasini |date=5 February 2024 |title=Quad summit more likely after the U.S. elections in November: American envoy Garcetti |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/quad-summit-more-likely-after-the-us-elections-in-november-american-envoy-garcetti/article67815260.ece |access-date=5 April 2024 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; During a visit by [[Eric Garcetti]], the idea of a QUAD [[satellite]], to be built in co-operation between the US and India was mooted.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web |title=The Ambassador of the United States to India visited ISRO |url=https://www.isro.gov.in/Ambassador_UnitedStates_visited_ISRO.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240524112904/https://www.isro.gov.in/Ambassador_UnitedStates_visited_ISRO.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=24 May 2024 |access-date=27 May 2024 |website=www.isro.gov.in}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The summit held on 21 September 2024 committed the nations to the Quad Cancer Moonshot Initiative, and to the elimination of cervical cancer.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web |last1=Murphy |first1=Erin L. |last2=Bliss |first2=Katherine E. |last3=Morrison |first3=J. Stephen |date=22 October 2024 |title=The Quad&amp;#039;s Cancer Moonshot Initiative |url=https://www.csis.org/analysis/quads-cancer-moonshot-initiative |access-date=29 January 2025 |website=CSIS.org}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite news |last=Stolberg |first=Sheryl Gay |date=21 September 2024 |title=Biden Hosts a Final &amp;#039;Quad Summit&amp;#039; at His Delaware Home |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/21/us/politics/biden-quad-summit.html |access-date=29 January 2025 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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The joint statement of the Quad foreign ministers&amp;#039; meeting on 21 January 2025 affirmed strengthening a free and open Indo-Pacific, and its opposition to &amp;quot;any unilateral actions that seek to change the status quo by force or coercion&amp;quot;.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web |title=Joint Statement by the Quad Foreign Ministers |url=https://www.state.gov/joint-statement-by-the-quad-foreign-ministers/ |access-date=23 January 2025 |website=United States Department of State |language=en}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The statement did not mention the Quad&amp;#039;s commitment to denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web |date=23 January 2025 |title=Quad joint statement omits reference to Korean Peninsula denuclearization |url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2025/01/103_390969.html |access-date=23 January 2025 |website=The Korea Times |language=en}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; signalling the US government&amp;#039;s shift to recognize North Korea as nuclear state.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web |date=21 January 2025 |title=Trump calls North Korea a &amp;#039;nuclear power,&amp;#039; drawing a rebuke from Seoul |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/trump-calls-north-korea-nuclear-power-drawing-rebuke-seoul-rcna188490 |access-date=23 January 2025 |website=NBC News |language=en}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web |date=15 January 2025 |title=South Korea says North not a &amp;#039;nuclear power&amp;#039; following Hegseth&amp;#039;s confirmation hearing remarks |url=https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/2025-01-15/national/diplomacy/South-Korea-says-North-not-a-nuclear-power-following-Hegseths-confirmation-hearing-remarks/2223015 |access-date=23 January 2025 |website=Korea Joongang Daily |language=en}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Concept of the Indo-Pacific===&lt;br /&gt;
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India and the United States have played a major role in purposefully redefining the &amp;quot;Asia-Pacific&amp;quot; as the &amp;quot;[[Indo-Pacific]]&amp;quot;, to deepen trans-regional ties between the Indian and Pacific Ocean areas, and to, in their words, deal more effectively with the [[Chinese Century|rise of China]] in Asia, the Middle East and Africa.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;AP1&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web |url=https://www.asiapacific.ca/sites/default/files/publication-pdf/CANADA%20AND%20THE%20INDO-PACIFIC%20%281%29.pdf |title=Canada and the Indo-Pacific |website=[[Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada]] |date=September 2020 |access-date=9 April 2021}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=perthasia1&amp;gt;{{cite web |title=Towards a Quad-Plus Arrangement? |url=https://perthusasia.edu.au/our-work/towards-a-quad-plus-arrangement |website=Perth USAsia Centre |access-date=5 May 2020}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The term &amp;quot;Indo-Pacific&amp;quot; gained traction in the political lexicon and strategic thinking of not only between India and China, but also [[ASEAN]],&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web |url=http://www.realinstitutoelcano.org/wps/portal/rielcano_en/contenido?WCM_GLOBAL_CONTEXT=/elcano/elcano_in/zonas_in/asia-pacific/ari29-2021-wacker-europe-and-the-indo-pacific-comparing-france-germany-and-the-netherlands |date=9 March 2021 |title=Europe and the Indo-Pacific: comparing France, Germany and the Netherlands |author=Gudrun Wacker |website=[[Elcano Royal Institute]] |access-date=9 April 2021}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; the European Union, the United Kingdom, France,&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;eastasiaforum.org&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web |url=https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2019/12/12/frances-indo-pacific-strategy-inclusive-and-principled/ |date=12 December 2019 |title=France&amp;#039;s Indo-Pacific strategy: inclusive and principled |website=[[East Asia Forum]] |access-date=9 April 2021}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Germany,&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Caroline Tang&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web |url=https://www.eias.org/news/risk-diversification-germany-joins-the-indo-pacific-policy-arena/ |date=10 November 2020 |title=Risk Diversification: Germany Joins the Indo-Pacific Policy Arena |author=Caroline Tang |website=European Institute for Asian Studies |access-date=9 April 2021}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and the Netherlands.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Sebastian Strangio&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web |url=https://thediplomat.com/2020/11/following-france-and-germany-the-netherlands-pivots-to-the-indo-pacific/ |date=18 November 2020 |title=Following France and Germany, the Netherlands Pivots to the Indo-Pacific |website=The Diplomat |author=Sebastian Strangio |access-date=9 April 2021}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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=== World Economic Forum ===&lt;br /&gt;
President of the World Economic Forum Borge Brende promoted the idea of a Group of Three between China, India, and the United States since 2023.&amp;lt;ref name=Kumar&amp;gt;{{cite web |first=Manoj |last=Kumar |url=https://www.businesstoday.in/visualstories/news/india-us-and-china-will-lead-the-new-world-order-president-of-world-economic-forum-predicts-the-emergence-of-india-as-a-global-super-power-58837-28-08-2023 |title=India, China, and the U.S. Will Lead the New World Order |date=28 August 2023}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Brende noted India in 2023 was &amp;quot;the fastest-growing major economy for the third consecutive year&amp;quot;.&amp;lt;ref name=WEF&amp;gt;{{cite web|title=&amp;#039;India, US and China will lead the New World Order&amp;#039;: President of World Economic Forum predicts the emergence of India as a global super power|last=Mishra|first=Tarun|work=Business Today|date=26 August 2023 |url=https://www.businesstoday.in/india-at-100/story/india-us-and-china-will-lead-the-new-world-order-president-of-world-economic-forum-predicts-the-emergence-of-india-as-a-global-super-power-395715-2023-08-26}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The same year, [[Michael Klare]] argued the G-3 would increasingly shape the twenty-first century given the weakness of [[Russia]] displayed during the [[Russian invasion of Ukraine]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web |last=Klare |first=Michael |title=Goodbye to American Century: China and India Now Rising |date=19 May 2023 |url=https://www.fairobserver.com/world-news/goodbye-to-american-century-china-and-india-now-rising/#}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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In 2024, Brende reaffirmed his support for the concept of a G3 based on economic growth, saying &amp;quot;This notion of G3 is now becoming a fact&amp;quot;.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/india-today-conclave-2024/story/20240401-indias-path-to-a-10-trillion-economy-india-has-made-g3-a-fact-2518177-2024-03-22|title=India&amp;#039;s path to a $10 trillion economy; India has made G3 a fact|work=IndiaToday|date=22 March 2024 }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Although some sources claim Brende first coined the term G3, it was used before him.&amp;lt;ref name=WEF /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=Kumar /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=Merchant /&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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== Other geopolitical usage of the term ==&lt;br /&gt;
While the G3 usually refers to China, India, and the United States, some sources replace India with another entity.&amp;lt;ref name=WEF /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=Kumar /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=Merchant /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Teck Ghee&amp;quot; /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=Carnegie /&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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From the 1990s until 2006, the term referred to the [[G3 Free Trade Agreement]] between [[Colombia]], [[Mexico]], and [[Venezuela]]. The trade agreement lasted from 1995 to 2006, when Venezuelan President [[Hugo Chávez]] announced that his country would withdraw from the trade bloc.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000086&amp;amp;sid=a._1nxVgPqe8 |title=Bloomberg.com: Latin America |website=www.bloomberg.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930045948/http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000086&amp;amp;sid=a._1nxVgPqe8&amp;amp;refer=latin_america |archive-date=2007-09-30}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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The [[Carnegie Endowment for International Peace]] once used the term to mean the growing power of the [[European Union]] instead of India.&amp;lt;ref name=Carnegie&amp;gt;{{cite web |url=https://carnegieendowment.org/research/2024/10/us-china-relations-for-the-2030s-toward-a-realistic-scenario-for-coexistence?lang=en |title=US-China Relations for the 2030s: Towards a Realistic Scenario for Coexistence? |work=Carnegie Endowment for International Peace}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Since [[Brexit]], the European Union is [[Member state of the European Union|currently composed of 27 member states]] known as the EU 27.&lt;br /&gt;
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Eurasia Review ran an opinion column using the term with [[Russia]] rather than India.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Teck Ghee&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web |url=https://www.eurasiareview.com/31122024-2025-prediction-is-g3-in-the-making-oped/ |title=2025 Prediction: Is G3 in the Making? |first=Lim |last=Teck Ghee|date=31 December 2024 }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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== See also ==&lt;br /&gt;
* [[G20]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Group of Two]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Superpower]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[China–United States relations]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[China-India relations]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[India-United States relations]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Quadrilateral Security Dialogue]]&lt;br /&gt;
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{{China-United States relations}}&lt;br /&gt;
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