Thank you.
Just as there are many constituencies in Canada, there are many constituencies in the United States. In my early days, what I'm trying to do is interact with as many of those constituencies as possible. In my first two months, I've met with dozens of members of Congress, both members of the House and members of the Senate. I'm particularly making an effort to meet Republican members of Congress and members of Congress from border states.
In addition to that, in terms of engagement with the United States, I've met with a number of members of the executive branch in the administration. They are the ones who are putting the policies in place, obviously, including the unjustified section 232 tariffs. I'm trying to understand their position and explain Canada's position.
Importantly, I'm explaining the importance of Canada to the United States. For example, the previous member was talking about the auto industry and the importance of the U.S. market. It's also important to remind both the American industry and American political leadership that Canada is the single biggest buyer of U.S.-manufactured automobiles and light trucks outside the United States of America. We are both a producer and a market for many American regions and many American industries.
In terms of governors specifically, I attended the National Governors Association meetings in Washington. That was in my first or second week on the job. I'm in regular dialogue with certain state governors on the border. I will be travelling to various regions of the country to meet people on their own turf, which I think is also very important.
Finally, I want to reiterate the incredibly good work our consulates do across the United States. Each of our consulates represents not just the state it's located in but also a number of other states so that we have direct representation and a plan for each of the 50 states across the United States of America. That coverage model is particularly important. Our consuls general and their teams are integrated, and they will be even more integrated into our plan going forward.
That's what I've done in the short time I've been there, along with my team. I am incredibly well supported and very well briefed for all of these meetings, and we will be doing more of them. There can't be white space in our calendars.