I think I went through a list of observers. Those are ones that have stepped up to become observers already. From the Asia–Pacific region there's Australia, New Zealand, and Japan. To go back to my earlier reference to like-minded countries, that they are among the most like-minded with Canada in the Asia–Pacific region, so they would be in a good position to move forward. Again, we're the only ones with FTAs with all four members. They're not there yet.
On March 25th, 2013. See this statement in context.