I'm not sure it would necessarily have an impact. Concluding with Japan, I'm not sure that would have an impact on the TPP as a whole. I think the parties to that agreement would still press forward to ensure that they get the deal that they're looking for. I'm also not sure it would have an impact on our negotiating position with Japan and the TPP. If we concluded a deal with Japan, it would be because we believed that we had come to a deal that was in the best interests of Canada on a bilateral basis. In the TPP there are many similarities to what we're negotiating bilaterally, but there are differences as well, so we would want to stay at that table to pursue those interests with all partners, including Japan.
Conversely, if the TPP concluded before our bilateral FTA with Japan, I think that there would remain issues between us bilaterally that we might very well want to continue to pursue with Japan, so these are complementary initiatives.
In the context of a bilateral, one can sometimes go a little further than one might be willing to do in a larger group, or focus on specific interests that you have vis-à-vis that other market in a way you might not be willing to do in a larger group. So there should always be an incentive for that bilateral to carry on, as well as the TPP, and vice versa.
The TPP, as I said, is a regional initiative rule setting. Japan is a major player in the region, and we want to be in a deal with them in the TPP.
As I say, I think that they're fully complementary and hopefully they'll both move toward conclusion in a very ambitious way and relatively quickly.