International Trade committee  Good morning, and thank you very much, Mr. Chair. Thank you for inviting me here today. I know I'm the first Jordanian to talk to you about the subject, and I thank you for the invitation. Also allow me to voice my admiration for the comprehensive approach your committee has ta

International Trade committee  That's a good question. We go back to the old system. The old system is using diesel, and that costs a lot. We don't produce it in Jordan; we import it. It has very negative impacts on the environment, which we thought we had already passed. The explosions, or whatever is hinde

International Trade committee  I thank you very much for your question and I am happy that you share our aspiration to end the process of this important free trade agreement between us. In Jordan, let me go back a little bit in history. His Majesty King Hussein ruled for over 40 years, and literally, he buil

International Trade committee  I can't give you a yes or no. I can tell you the following: there are groups—

International Trade committee  It has nothing to do with the origin of the worker; it has to do with the sector that they are working in. If you have a sector that has more than two or three workers, then everyone is covered. The next step will be to work on individuals. You mentioned agricultural and domest

International Trade committee  If you'll allow me to rephrase for you, we don't have different standards, but different steps for different industries. We started with the larger industries and we're moving to the industries that have smaller numbers of individuals working in them. If you want to look at some

International Trade committee  Please do.

International Trade committee  Thank you very much for the explanation. This is exactly what I meant. The rights they have are in the application. The written law is not as extensive and does not cover as much as it does for the larger numbers, but we are getting to that point. They have their rights and th

International Trade committee  Thank you for your generosity, and thank you for your kind words. It's really good for us to see for ourselves that we are doing something useful within our region and that we are appreciated by partners, and as I started saying, by like-minded countries. Jordan is making the d

International Trade committee  Thank you very much. That's a very excellent question. To start with, the problems that we have in our region were not made yesterday. I mean, this is the story of our lives: we try as much as possible to maintain peace and security in our region and at the same time deal with d

International Trade committee  To start with the Carleton University event, I was there last evening, and it was very interesting. I wish there had been a more optimistic view than what you heard yesterday, and I assure you that at certain times in history we were very optimistic.

International Trade committee  I wasn't one of the speakers, so I'll leave that to whoever spoke. To convince you, we have to convince each other. We are committing to this as partners. My role is to shed light on what questions you might have. This is to the benefit of both our countries. I know our econom

International Trade committee  After discussing all these matters, we came out with advanced status, so there is a process and there is progress.

International Trade committee  To start with what has already been achieved, our potash industry in Jordan, our national company for potash, has been opened for a strategic partner, meaning it went under the process of privatization. Our Canadian partner owns 28% of the shares of that company. That's already e

International Trade committee  Thank you.