We really need free trade. Even in the last USMCA negotiations, there was no free trade even mentioned. A lot of non-tariff barriers, like intellectual property data and controls around sovereignty, are going to be the next things the Americans will advance. They will not only push for no free trade but also advance their economic position through intangible assets, data, sovereignty and intellectual property, as we saw them do in the last round.
They're coming for us even more aggressively in these rounds, and I've been working on a number of initiatives to advance this.
