I think the advantage in the multilateral, as I said, is that the agreement becomes the rule and the standard for everybody. If we rely solely on bilateral agreements while trying to get at some of the issues of human rights and labour, for example, we could end up with a mix-and-match of standards, because each country may negotiate differently. The U.S. could negotiate levels different from those Canada might be able to negotiate. You'll end up with a mishmash of things. For some of these issues a multilateral approach will end up being far superior.
On October 29th, 2009. See this statement in context.