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Vice President Harris Meets with Private Sector Leaders to Discuss Economic Development - YouTube
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well i want to thank this distinguished
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group
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of leaders for joining us this afternoon
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for this discussion
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um we promise it to be a very productive
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discussion
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about how we can collaborate how we can
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maximize
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opportunities and promise and hope and
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potential
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and resources and as you all know on
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march
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24th the president asked me to lead our
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nation's diplomatic efforts
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as it relates to the northern triangle
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in mexico and
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as i've said many times over the past
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two months
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the work that we are doing is guided by
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two fundamental principles
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one that most people don't want to leave
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home
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they don't want to leave their
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grandmother they don't want to leave the
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language they speak the culture they
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know
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and when they do it is often for one of
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two reasons
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because they are either fleeing some
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harm
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or because to stay home
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prevents them from satisfying basic
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needs for themselves or their family
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the second principle with which we are
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approaching this initiative
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is the the real belief that
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we have the capacity to give people hope
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and and hope in particular in this case
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that if they stay
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that help is on the way and so
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these are the guiding principles for our
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work
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and in that vein we also
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really fully appreciate that in order
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for us
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as an administration as the united
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states government to really maximize
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the potential of our work it has to be
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through collaboration and partnership
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through public-private partnerships
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through the work that we are doing with
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also reaching out to non-profits and
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foundations the work we are doing to
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internationalize this effort
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predominantly through the work that we
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do with our allies in the un
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doing the work of engaging civil society
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doing the work of understanding that the
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benefit
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of this effort will probably not
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evidence itself overnight
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but will be well worth it but we do
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understand our work is in the context of
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long-standing issues
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that are both about acute factors
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and and are about long-standing and deep
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rooted factors
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that include issues of violence and
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corruption
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that include issues of food insecurity
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that include the impact that everyone
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around the world has experienced in
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terms
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of extreme weather conditions and so
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the work we are doing is guided though
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with a dominant principle that when we
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work together
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when we combine resources limited though
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they are for each one of us
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we can maximize the potential to give
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people in that region hope
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and and in that way also show what it
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means to be
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a good neighbor because this is also in
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the context of the western hemisphere
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and in that way we know that we are
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interconnected
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and in many ways interdependent when it
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comes to many issues
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so today we are launching
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our call to action for businesses to
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invest in the northern triangle
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and that is one of the specific reasons
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that i've asked these business leaders
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to join us today
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and so this focus includes digital
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inclusion
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everything from digital inclusion to
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workforce development
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i believe that the businesses in
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particular our private business sector
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have a very significant role to play as
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we all know
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in creating jobs and promoting economic
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opportunity
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and in long-term development i am proud
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that
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we have companies already in the united
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states who have committed to act we have
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mastercard who intends to partner
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across sectors to bring five million
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people in the region
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into the digital economy and to support
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one million small businesses this is a
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commitment that's already been made
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i'm excited to report that microsoft
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will work with local partners to expand
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broadband access
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for up to 3 million people in the region
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in the next year
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i'm pleased to report that that
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nespresso will expand coffee sourcing
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activities in guatemala and start in
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honduras and el salvador supporting
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local communities and farming
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communities
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with a minimum of 150 million dollars
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in purchases in price premiums and
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technical assistance
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so these are but a few examples of the
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commitments that have already been made
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but the call to action is to bring these
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leaders
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and others together so that we can do
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what i think we do
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best which is make a commitment to get
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something done and then see it through
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understanding that giving hope is not
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about just having a dream of giving hope
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it is about action that results in
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tangible benefit
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that gives people a sense of what is
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possible for themselves and for their
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families
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so with that um again i i welcome you
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all i thank you for this time and i'm
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very much looking forward to our
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discussion today
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so we should begin and i will say adds
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you to the to the
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folks who are here thank you all
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