The Agri-Food Export Group Quebec-Canada, our administrators and probably also the entire Quebec processing industry support the negotiation of free trade agreements, be it with Europe, Korea or within the framework of the Trans-Pacific Partnership. We don't have a choice, we have to do what we can to make sure we are in the game.
In that regard, it's one thing to sign an agreement, but then you have to act. How will businesses react to the new situation? We agree with several other groups who would like to see a joint participation program bringing together business and government to take specific measures with regard to the European market. We need representatives on the ground to meet with distributors, to target the most promising markets, and to find out what the best short-term business opportunities are.
As far as our good friends the Americans are concerned, we have, we believe, about a two-year advance on them, and we have to take advantage of it. We have to take advantage of this moment as we speak. This is a priority for us.
The Agri-Food Export Group Quebec-Canada will take measures in various sectors to ensure that our businesses don't miss out.
This will not prevent us from continuing to do business on the American market, since the value of Quebec exports to the United States is about $4 billion per year. It is important to keep on working at this. The United States is not an emerging country, but it is a country where we have probably only hit the tip of the business opportunity iceberg.
Coming back to Europe, in the course of negotiations, there were concessions—particularly on the part of Quebec—from both sides. The artisanal cheese sector was discussed. We are very positive about that and we have been proactive. We do not want to lament our fate. I believe that we can make representations and position smaller entrepreneurs, as we did in Paris recently when we represented the Quebec industry.
Raymond, would you like to add anything?
Do we have any time left?