Mr. Scott Smith at the Industry, Science and Technology Committee

On May 10th, 2016. See this statement in context.

May 10th, 2016 / 5 p.m.

Director, Intellectual Property and Innovation Policy, Canadian Chamber of Commerce

I would say two things in answer to that question.

First is around the trans-Pacific partnership. The fact that China is not a partner in that trade agreement gives us, if it's ratified, some leverage with China, with a larger number of trading partners.

Second is that we really do need a strategy on China, and I think that's going to be one of the reports coming out from the Chamber of Commerce over the next couple of months.

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