Meeting Minutes - US Department of State

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economic development opportunity. And I recently
was in Paris at the embassy in Paris and part of
transformational diplomacy, and actually part of the
diplomatic mission in Paris, is economic development
for United States companies developing businesses in
foreign lands and vice versa.
So, if carbon offsets are things that can
be traded, and they are being traded, and it is very
new, but it is occurring, and if OBO can become a
producer of carbon offsets, there are several things
that could go on here. Number one, in terms of
transformational diplomacy, the Department of State
could become a generator of teaching other countries
how to create carbon offsets, so that it becomes a
business opportunity, an economic development.
There would be incentives for people in these
countries to embrace this because we are bringing
something to improve the quality of their lives.
And also, I think then it's a respectful way to be
in a host country.
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I'm sorry for the crazy way out idea, but I
thought I should just point it out.
GENERAL WILLIAMS: I think that is
excellent. It's a good idea. And since we have
some freedom on the topics that we discuss and
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