No, the Europeans are in the same situation basically as Canadian suppliers. Actually, you might argue that before we signed this deal we were in a slightly better position than the Europeans, who are now, at the WTO, trying to back out of certain of the commitments they made under the GPA towards the United States. Their rationale for that is in particular the impact of the exemptions, and particularly the impact of minority and small business set-asides. As I said, the target at the federal level is 23%; it comes right off the top of all U.S. federal procurement. In many states that can range from.... Say in Illinois, for construction a fair proportion may be defined as between 25% and 40%, which is set aside for small and minority-owned businesses. Seeing the impact of that, the Europeans are trying to back out of their GPA obligations with the United States, or in their own terms they are seeking compensation. They're very aware of these problems, and they're similar.
On March 16th, 2010. See this statement in context.