In Europe right now, the access we have into the European Union is a small quota of 11,500 tonnes, which we share with the United States, at a 20% duty. Beyond that 11,500 tonnes, the tariff is prohibitively high. It's so many euros per tonne, and it works out to about 140%.
Basically we would like to see unlimited, quota-free, duty-free access into Europe. That means getting rid of the quota, in-quota tariff, and the over-quota tariff.
Traditionally Canada starts free trade negotiations, or any kind of trade negotiations, by saying we will not expand quotas or eliminate over-quota tariffs. For Canada, those circumstances generally apply to supply-managed products. If Canada starts with a position that they will not even discuss or push for those sorts of things, Canada will have de facto eliminated getting access for beef into Europe.
We want to make sure that Canada does not start the negotiations with the mandate to keep over-quota tariffs in place. That's essentially where we're going. I think there are better ways to ensure that the needs of the supply-managed sectors are dealt with rather than cutting the access for beef off at the knees before we even start.