There is always preferential treatment given in any trade negotiations we have with a developing country, so we would be looking for them to phase out tariffs over a longer period of time than Canada would. Our tariffs were phased out either immediately or over three to seven years, whereas Colombia would phase theirs out over a five- to ten-year period. Those concerns are always balanced in arriving at the principles of the negotiations at the outset.
On April 22nd, 2010. See this statement in context.