Hiroshima, Japan | Joe Biden has pledged to ramp up American investment in Australian defence manufacturing and critical minerals as he met Anthony Albanese and the leaders of Japan and India to address China’s growing military power.

Mr Biden apologised to Mr Albanese on the sidelines of the G7 summit in Hiroshima on Saturday for cancelling his trip to Australia this week, which meant a shortened version of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (Quad) leaders summit was held in Hiroshima later that evening.