G20 fails to agree on global billionaire tax Politico

At a meeting in Brazil, the US led the campaign against a minimum levy on the world's richest 3,000 people

The finance ministers of the world's 20 leading economies have failed to agree on a global tax on billionaires, but promised to impose progressive taxes on the super-rich, Politico reported on Friday.

At a meeting in Rio de Janeiro, the ministers said they would start a "dialogue on fa