Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Welcome to our witnesses.
This is an FTA that we've debated and discussed around this table. I think we are now on the third incarnation, so I appreciate your patience and your ability to come back here every time we ask.
I would like to pick up where the first questioner left off. On the minimum wage, compensation, and unionization numbers, it's easy to paint a negative picture. You can try to compare a mature economy to an emerging economy, but in reality what we've seen in just about every emerging economy that we do business with is that when that economy starts to mature—when they do better and provide more jobs and more opportunities for their workers—a number of things happen.
First of all, there's a different level of respect for the workers generally. I say generally, but I want some input from our members here. We would expect to see wages go up. We would expect to see the workers' and compensation benefits increase as they have in every other emerging economy, whether that's India or China or anywhere else in the world. It's only common sense, quite frankly.
Would you comment on what we've seen in emerging economies? That's a generalization, but I would like to hear a comment.