With China Ascendant, What Use Is the G-20?

The G20, is the main co-ordinating body for economic policy in the world – the 20 more-or-less largest economies, accounting for more than 80 per cent of global GDP. It was created in 2008 alongside the earlier grouping of the G7 developed economies, to reflect the power of the so-called emerging world and in particular China and India.