My observation for Canada, as a middle power, would be to keep engaged with everyone. I am convinced that the engagement with China is going to take some time. As you know, Mr. Harper also wanted to engage, but it took a long time. I don't think we're going to move quickly with China, because I think we still have to do a lot of homework on our side.
At the same time, for strategic reasons vis-à-vis North Korea, Mr. Trump seems to have decided to try to work out a relationship with Xi Jinping. The Americans can't have it both ways, and ultimately Canada has to pursue its own interests, just as we did in 1971 when we opened the relationship with China.
My view would be to proceed with caution and be very sure what we are seeking. There are lessons to be learned from the New Zealand and Australian examples of free trade. They have a bit of buyer's remorse.
I think we will proceed and should proceed, and are probably going at about the right speed, given our capacity. Remember that we do have capacity limits. The first priority of this government is going to be the renegotiation of the North American accord. There's still the follow-up to be done with the Canada-Europe trade agreement. Then there's the Trans-Pacific Partnership. We are stretched. Then of course there's China and other things as well.
You're going to have a resource constraint that is naturally there, but at the same time trying to get our own act together is going to take some time.