In any trade negotiation, you can carve things out. The likely response on the other side of the table is to carve something else out. The danger to the negotiation in the long run is that everything is carved out.
With respect to our position on asbestos, there is no export restriction on asbestos in Canada. Canada believes that...and I'm no expert in these matters, I can't debate these policies.... But it is the policy of the Government of Canada that there are safe uses of asbestos and that it is the duty of importing countries to regulate that usage in their country, as Canada does in Canada.