Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Thank you for being here. If my memory serves me, the Doha Round essentially concerns four matters: agriculture, services, market access and non-agricultural goods.
How are the mandates developped? Does the government give our WTO negotiators mandates in those areas? Are these mandates public? Could the committee have access to them?
Agricultural stakeholders often tell us that the negotiator's mandate will be renewed on a given date. We're not hearing about it. Maybe it's an urban or rural legend.
I'd like you to explain to us how the mandates of our negotiators to the WTO are developped and relations with the ministers and the Prime Minister's office.