Again, I think we've heard—as I would have said in my testimony, and as you would have heard from others—that it takes a long time for supply chains to reorient themselves. These aren't short-term actions. I think it depends on the sector you're in and the degree of differentiation in the products. Chemistry and plastics are not cement and they're not steel. There's a whole basket of products that fit into that broad definition. There's no one size that fits all.
I would say that the biggest harm to our sector in general is the uncertainty that has been created around trade and tariffs. Ultimately, trade agreements are negotiated between governments, and that's going to take place, but companies trade. That's who trades. Companies trade. For our sector here in North America, it's highly integrated.
I've been joined this week by my colleagues from Mexico and the American Chemistry Council. We had a workshop earlier this morning, and the degree of integration is what makes manufacturing so strong. It's a North American strength, and we would hope that this continues to prevail. Hope is not a strategy, but we would hope that it would continue to prevail, and we're trying to do our part to make sure that there's awareness of how important that integration is.
