Well, it can, sir. We've been trying to negotiate with three Caribbean countries, Latin American countries, at the same time. They coordinate and work together. You try to provide the same type of agreement for all three. With ASEAN, they can work as a group and coordinate. It's really not much different, except that hopefully it will be less complicated than trying to negotiate with the 27 countries in the European Union that have to coordinate.
The problem is that it takes us a long time to negotiate agreements, but it doesn't take the United States as long. The Mexicans don't take long because they reach agreement on the 85% or 90% they can agree upon, and leave the rest aside for joint ministerial committees to deal with over a number of years. As they get to know each other and trust each other, these issues become less important.
That's not the approach we've taken. That's why it takes us so long and why we get hung up on issues like shipbuilding. That's been a stumbling block in a number of areas.
At the same time, Korea has not been as forthcoming as we would like on things like pork, beef, and a few other issues. There's a lot of potential for us to do these things if we're more pragmatic about them.