Canada is a sovereign nation. I think the expectation in all capitals around the world is that a sovereign nation over which you have no control can go and have any trade discussions anywhere at any given time. You're talking about the sensitivity of having a discussion with China while you're dealing with NAFTA. It is something that.... Let's take a step down from American political interests. American commercial interests are worried about the way China acts as a commercial operator around the world. They've expressed that to us. They've expressed that publicly. It feeds that political discourse. It's relevant, but at the same time, the people who work in economic development in the United States are seeking the foreign direct investment that we're pursuing in Canada.
In my narrow interest of automotive, the golden fleece is the greenfield investment of an automaker. Chinese automotive production is bigger than North American in total. It's also bigger than that of the EU. My counterparts and your counterparts in the U.S. are pursuing those Chinese foreign direct investments for automotive assembly. That usually ends up being a $2-billion investment and $10 billion in purchases a year.
They can't have it both ways, although I think we need to be cautious, and we're using some caution. At least, what I'm hearing is we're saying that we're taking a slow approach in looking at what's possible in China, but our focus is the U.S. If we shifted that, if we were to announce something publicly like, “Here we are, very formal engagements on a certain set of terms”, that might shift the dial. Right now, for our business, if you're not talking to China, you're wasting everybody's time, and so we appreciate it.