Yes. I have a prepared text here, and I'll either talk very fast or just skip to the chase right away.
For four years I spent my time as a consul general in Milan, Italy. When I came back I was made the director general for the U.S., and everybody was talking about Brazil, China, and India.
The Conference Board has made some projections for 2025. They see that trade with China is going to increase 600%, to about $40 billion. They project that our trade with the United States is going to be $780 billion. In a nutshell, that's what it's about.
If you look at some of our statistics, for instance, we do $62 billion worth of trade with Michigan. That's in auto parts, machinery, and energy. In California, we do $27 billion worth of trade. Those numbers are only going to grow. Thirty-seven American states count Canada as their principal trade partner. Of what we now do in the United States, 22% doesn't enter the border in a truck; it crosses the border on a high tension wire or in a pipeline.
In many ways we don't compete with the Americans, we build things with the Americans. It's an integrated process. We owe a lot to the NAFTA. If you watched the Super Bowl, the NAFTA was like the half-time show. The NAFTA is like the Rolling Stones; it's kind of wrinkly, but it still makes the best music around, and that's the way it is.
On our current activities in the department, we are in the process of preparing a U.S. commercial strategy. The purpose of our strategy is to define those sectors where we think we can really have an impact on the activities we provide through our network of consulates general, consulate offices, and the embassy in the United States.
I am more than willing to answer questions on that, but I will stop here. I can get the message on the States, and I'll allow my colleague Susan Gregson to speak about the 14% of our exports that don't go to the United States.