Our agriculture and agrifood sector is quite competitive in many sectors. We are innovative. We are already export-oriented in many commodities.
In that regard, in countries where there is a growing middle class and fast growing economy—I'm thinking of Vietnam, for example, a country of at least 80 million customers, and I have not seen the latest demographic figures—you can see that their purchasing power is significant and over a wide range of commodities.
If you will forgive me, I'll take an example from New Brunswick, perhaps not from your part but from the northern part. For maple syrup producers, this is a niche market. It's a growing market and in almost all the markets of the TPP, it would have immediate duty-free treatment across the region for our maple syrup products. That is significant.
The other element I would like to bring to your attention is that it's not only a question of being competitive with other producers in the TPP area, but perhaps more importantly, it is how the TPP improves our capacity to be competitive vis-à-vis non-TPP countries.
I'll use pork as an example. Denmark, a member of the European Union, is one of the most cost-competitive producers of pork and pork products in the world. Because of the TPP, we will have a condition of access into Japan that is quite different than what Denmark has right now through the World Trade Organization. That's the only arrangement they have with Japan.
Therefore, such arrangements allow our pork and pork product producers to enhance their competitive position vis-à-vis their Danish competitors.