Quad foreign ministers pledge supply-chain work, denounce export restrictions and prepare first leaders' summit in two years

Summary

Foreign ministers of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, the United States, Australia, India and Japan, met on Saturday, October 31, on the sidelines of the G20 foreign ministers' meeting, hosted by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio. According to The Straits Times, they reiterated support for a free and open Indo-Pacific, pledged to build reliable global supply chains, and voiced grave concerns about economic coercion through export restrictions and non-market practices, but stopped short of calling out China. According to the South China Morning Post, the diplomats also finalised preparations for the grouping's first leaders' summit in two years, due in the Philippines next month. Rubio told a press conference that the Quad is "not an anti-China or anti-anybody coalition." The meeting comes just weeks before US President Donald Trump is scheduled to meet Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Shenzhen.

Timeline

1. The Straits Times

   31 Oct 2026, 10:06 UTCSource ↗

   Reports that the foreign ministers of the US, Australia, India and Japan met in Atlanta on Saturday, hosted by Rubio, pledged to build reliable global supply chains, and voiced grave concerns about economic coercion through export restrictions and non-market practices, but stopped short of calling out China.

2. South China Morning Post

   31 Oct 2026, 16:17 UTCSource ↗

   Reports that Rubio said at a press conference on the sidelines of the meeting that the Quad is not an anti-China coalition, as the grouping's top diplomats finalised preparations for the leaders' summit in the Philippines next month, just weeks before Trump is scheduled to meet Xi in Shenzhen.