If I appear to be surprised, it's only because I am. I did not anticipate this five minutes, but I thank you for it, Mr. Chair. I'll certainly start to think very highly of you because of this gratuitous five minutes.
The interesting issue is with the United States and this continuing China strategy and the changes that may well ensue as a result. I'm concerned about not only the issue of supply chain slavery but also the other issues on which we are going to have to realign our trade policy with that of the Americans. Perhaps you could give us some idea of what you think the short-term realignments will be.
The second issue is a commentary on the United States' position on the CPTPP. The senator who was questioning Secretary Tai described rejoining that as what I understood to be “a fool's errand”, and I wasn't quite clear what that meant.
Perhaps you can help the committee out with respect to both of those issues—where we are going to have to realign in terms of our trade priorities and what our relationship with the Americans and that trade agreement will be like going forward.