In a word, DONT. While tipping is a common occurrence in the tourism industry, government officials and business people should never be offered a tip. High government officials are usually much more adverse to this then what some would make them out to be. For business people, the profit motive of the business deal will be their reward. They consider themselves, as they should, to be professionals.
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