Yes, as you imply, the focus now is really on the U.S., and what happens in the U.S. will determine whether or not we move forward.
The trade promotion authority, or fast-track, is going to be essential, and if the U.S. doesn't obtain fast-track approval, then there's really no basis to negotiate.
The problem we're experiencing right now is that we're trying to pull together a package that the U.S. administration could then take to Congress. But we're not really sure what Congress might do with it and want to add to it, in order to get the approval for the trade promotion authority. So there's an issue of whether the administration can obtain authority, and there's also a timing issue as to how much detail we can put into any kind of package before it goes to Congress.
More recently, there is more potential for the U.S. to obtain that approval from Congress, partly because they're looking at a broader package than just the trade promotion authority on the Doha negotiations. They're also talking about including things, such as trade adjustment and assistance, as part of a broader package. So that may appeal to some of the Democrats and make this a little easier.
Your comment on the farm bill is also a very interesting case of timing right now, because the U.S. is in the midst of starting to design their new farm bill while the negotiations are going on. Many of us in the negotiations are clearly trying to constrain them in what they can do when designing that farm bill.
We saw some proposals from the U.S. administration a couple of weeks ago. Our view is they don't go nearly far enough in terms of what will be needed to conclude the negotiations.
There's going to be a difficult debate within Congress about what that farm bill should look like, but the connection with the negotiations is going to be very direct.