Thank you, Chair.
Thank you, gentlemen, for coming.
Mr. Fisker, you seem to have had a lot of meetings, yet you said in your remarks that you're lacking information on what is being negotiated. We seem to be in the same position. We're not exactly sure, and no witness before us has seen the ninth round, the eighth round, the seventh round, unless it was the minister in the department.
I recently had a meeting with pork producers, and both the beef and the pork industry will tell you it is absolutely critical that if there is a deal that we get into the European market on beef and pork. Now, we know the Europeans are fairly restrictive in that area. What do you see are the chances there? Do you think that's going to come about in an agreement, and what will be the trade-off be if we do?