Plan to tax super-rich divides at G20 meet in Rio

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil — Brazil's vision for a global deal to tax the ultra-rich sparked divisions Thursday at a meeting of G20 finance ministers in Rio de Janeiro, where Washington dismissed the need for an international accord on the matter.

The initiative, which was discussed at an afternoon meeting, is a key priority of Brazil's leftist president, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who this year heads the G20 grouping of the world's major economies, the European Union and the African Union.