I'd like to compliment Minister Ng, as well as Brian Clow in the Prime Minister's Office and other officials at Global Affairs Canada whom we've been working with. They're clearly on top of the file. They're dealing with the USTR and other representatives.
I want to correct that we export six million tonnes a year or 16% to the U.S. It's a large amount.
We know that the Americans don't really want to argue this over the longest undefended border, and we're best friends. It's all about jobs and jobs for Americans. We're having our American counterparts from the same multinational companies talk to their senators and House of Representatives, the border state governors and the border caucus. They're making the case on why they need to buy cement, in this case. I'm sure the steel industry is doing similar lobbying efforts as well.
It's much cheaper. The supply chain will be met when you're starting a trillion-dollar infrastructure plan in the U.S. It's massive. You need the supplies. You want to get the supplies as cheaply as possible, as quickly as possible, and now you want to make sure that you're buying clean. I think both from the steel and cement perspectives, you are buying clean products.