Quad ministers discuss supply chains, denounce export restrictions - Nikkei Asia

ATLANTA, Georgia (Reuters) -- Foreign ministers from the U.S., Australia, India and Japan on Saturday pledged to work on building reliable global supply chains and expressed grave concerns about what they called "economic coercion" through export restrictions and non-market practices, but stopped short of calling out China.

The joint statement by the foreign ministers of the Indo-Pacific "Quad" came at a time when Japan has been extremely critical of Beijing over its restrictions on critical mineral exports, and the U.S. has been assembling a coalition aimed at uniting G20 countries concerned about China's dominance in rare earths and other critical minerals.

The meeting was held shortly before U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio hosted the final session of a meeting in Atlanta of foreign ministers from the broader Group of 20 major economies, which includes China.