First, I would say that one of the things that we have learned—that Canada has learned, the U.S. has learned, and I think many of our allies and partners have learned—through this COVID crisis is that we need a certain amount of additional self-reliance when it comes to critical supply chains. Whether those are health supply chains such as PPE, food supply chains, energy supply chains, or national security supply chains, there's a certain degree to which.... That's where critical minerals come in, because there are also important military applications in some of those products. There is a need for us to be sure that we have the systems in place to be able to rely on those supply chains when the going gets tough. On some level, that means doing more ourselves, and on some level, that means doing more with allies who we know are going to have our back when the chips are down.
In my view, and in my experience over this past year, even though the previous administration was very challenging for us in a number of ways that we all know, when it came down to really working through some urgent needs around, for example, PPE at the beginning of the crisis, the existence of those supply chains and their interdependence became really obvious. It was demonstrated to us and to our American friends that we had each other's backs, if you will, to continue my phrase, when the chips were down. This is going to be an important policy consideration for our government and the American government going forward, also for the Europeans, our NATO allies and others. It's going to be important, as we reflect on the lessons learned from this past year that we have gone through and what's coming next.
In terms of aligning our trade policy with the United States, I think I would flip that on its head. I think I would say that we see with the Biden administration an administration that is now willing to align its trade policy with ours. The previous administration did not respect international treaties that we had entered into and did not respect international dispute settlement. It used tools that were not designed at all for regular trade disputes, in order to bring trade consequences to its closest partners. I think the previous administration was misaligned. I think that the Biden administration is very much aligned with the way that we see rules-based, organized, open international trade operating.
Oh, I didn't answer your TPP—