Thank you very much.
I can only speak for Liechtenstein. I think each country is a little different in the EFTA states. We, as politicians, are not involved. The whole thing is done by the government and the negotiators, not only for the Canada free trade agreement, but for all of them. Most or all of the movement within the negotiations is done without our knowing where it's going. We get the results in Parliament when the negotiations are closed and the free trade agreement is finished. Then we can take part in it or give our points of view. But beforehand, it's more or less a closed door.
I personally think that in general it's a good way. If the information is too open, political discussions will start very early in the process. I'm sure a lot of free trade agreements that have been concluded wouldn't be there if the information had come out too early.
What Liechtenstein discovered from the free trade agreements was that some industries didn't go as well, because you have to go for the market, the extent of the market and the extent of competition. Some didn't do so well, while others did better. But even if we lost jobs, in general we created more with the free trade agreements. We created more jobs than we lost. Certain areas can be tough, while others get along more easily.
In general, for the politicians, politics are not involved in the free trade agreements. It's only at the very end that the politicians can say what they like or don't like about it, or if they like it at all.