At the initiative of US President Joe Biden, 16 countries met alongside the G20 in Rome on Sunday 31 October to address problems in global supply chains. The meeting was attended by the US, the EU, Australia, Canada, Germany, Indonesia, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico, South Korea, the UK, but also some non-G20 countries such as the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which chairs the African Union, Singapore, the Netherlands and Spain.
The meeting discussed actions to address congestion,...