The Globe and Mail reports in its Tuesday, Feb. 17, edition that Artificial Intelligence Minister Evan Solomon is visiting Saudi Arabia and India after a trip to Germany as part of an effort to drum up new investment in Canadian tech. A Canadian Press dispatch to The Globe reports that the stops are "about broadening our trade alliances." Mr. Solomon was at the Munich Security Conference over the weekend, and will stop in Saudi Arabia before going to the AI Impact Summit in India. Mr. Solomon said the main reason he went to Munich was to sign the Sovereign Technology Alliance, which he called a "really important step" in deepening alliances with Europe, and particularly with Germany. A government press release said through the alliance, Canada and Germany would "deepen coordination with trusted partners to strengthen sovereign AI capacity and reduce strategic technology dependencies." Canada also agreed to expand bilateral co-operation on artificial intelligence with Germany. In December at a G7 ministers' meeting in Montreal, Mr. Solomon signed an agreement with Germany, as well as new agreements with the European Union and the United Kingdom. He said: "The world is changing quickly. And we need to engage."