Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Good afternoon, everyone.
Mr. Waters, you said earlier that you supported the free-trade agreement between the United States and Jordan at the time but that you came to regret it afterwards. You thought Jordanian workers would be the ones benefiting from the agreement. And that was not the case. It was foreign workers who were practically imported, as you say, getting the work. You noted an increase in trade within Jordan. Raw materials were being processed, numerous products were being manufactured, but not by Jordanians. Were Jordanians completely excluded from the higher workload or production? Was it only foreign workers who were affected?
You made it seem as though foreign workers were the only ones whose workload increased in order to meet production requirements in the wake of the new agreement. Did Jordanians not have the opportunity to work more, as well?