Chris Wright: “The deals that were signed earlier today, particularly three…”

“Our mutual goal of everyone here today is to draw large investments into Venezuela. Venezuela to get the economy going, to bring inflation down, to make the quality of life much better. The deals that were signed earlier today, particularly three with very large multinational corporations of Chevron, ENI and General Electric, will represent tens of billions of dollars of investment into the Venezuelan economy. That's direct investment investment. But the spillover impacts will be enormous in the electricity grid, in oil and gas production, and in the economy as a whole.” (42:21–42:41)

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