I'd like to respond to the question concerning the North American Free Trade Agreement as it affects agriculture. There was an article in the newspaper that appeared in January. It stated that tortilla prices had gone up by 30% and it explained why. It explained that since the signing of the NAFTA, the Americans had sent a lot of corn—subsidized, of course—to Mexico, which pulled the rug from under the Mexican producers' feet.
Since then, gas prices have increased and Americans have decided to keep their corn in order to make ethanol. The Mexican industry was severely strained because of the subsidized corn, but all of a sudden, there was no more. Therefore, the price went up. The tortilla is a basic staple for lower-class Mexicans, and there is panic. There's either a shortage, or the price is too high for them.
In my opinion, before opening our borders to all products from abroad, we should first of all think of food sovereignty. We will of course never be able to grow bananas here, but we could still negotiate on imports. We will also negotiate on exports with the aim of exporting those with which we are competitive.
Let us think of food sovereignty first of all. Depending on others to feed ourselves is dangerous. We are not talking about cars or planes here, we are talking about food. We must be careful.