New Delhi, Jan. 30 -- It is "critical" for the G20 to address emerging challenges of trade and tariff wars, India's sherpa Amitabh Kant said, amid increasing threats by US President Donald Trump to hike tariffs against India and other members of the grouping of major global economies.

In an interview, the former bureaucrat said G20 should also address the potential adverse effects of artificial intelligence by suggesting a regulatory framework.

Talking about his new book, How India scaled Mt G20, Kant said the influential grouping of 19 countries, the European Union and the African Union, representing 85% of global GDP, is the only effective forum to resolve critical international economic and developmental issues.

"The only forum whic...