Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Welcome to our guests. We only have a couple of minutes showing on the clock, so I won't take a lot of time.
On Mr. Brison's question about country-of-origin labelling, we've met with our American counterparts on that. We also recognize the seriousness of that whole issue on beef and pork in particular.
Relative to the free trade agreement with Colombia and other free trade agreements that are out there, I'm thinking about the free trade agreement we've signed with Jordan. I think there is excellent potential for beef exports to the Middle East and North Africa. If we don't start taking advantage of these bilateral trade agreements....
I appreciate what you said about multilateral form, and I agree with you. But the reality is that Doha has ground to a crunching halt and is barely inching forward. So we're forced into signing more bilaterals. And there's the potential for not one or two of these, but for Colombia, Panama, Jordan, and the European Union. You build a critical mass. I think that's the safety belt for our beef industry and our pork industry against increased protectionism like COOL in the United States.
Those are just comments.
