The following is an excerpt. To view the full article please visit the link below
PITTSBURGH: A surprise deal to bring China, India and other emerging powers into the elite club of global summitry has unleashed a new round of jockeying as nations vie to shape the agenda.
In a midnight announcement Friday, the White House said the Group of 20 — an ad hoc gathering of wealthy and emerging powers meeting in Pittsburgh for its third summit — would become the key forum for global economic decisions.
The G20 was created last year after the …
* * *