G20 foreign ministers end Atlanta meeting without consensus on key issues

As Washington seeks to loosen China’s dominance over critical minerals, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio urged other members of the Group of 20 (G20) to strengthen supply chains and secure strategic trade routes as the group’s foreign ministers’ meeting drew to a close in Atlanta on Saturday.Rubio said there was a “universal recognition” among the G20 members over the importance of issues like critical minerals, supply chain security and freedom of navigation.“The first step is at least some universal acknowledgement that freedom of navigation matters, that critical minerals matter, that supply chains matter, that food security matters, not just to the countries at the table, but to countries around the world,” he said at a news conference following the meeting.