Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you both for being with us this afternoon.
Mr. Heidrich, you've provided fascinating testimony about the existence of free trade agreements with multiple countries and potential or, from your perspective, lack of potential for a free trade agreement between Canada and Honduras.
Your recommendations are good in terms of calling on Canada to increase aid to deal with the issues that are plaguing Honduras. But in your closing statement you said that you do not believe it would be effective for Honduras or for Canadian companies to have this free trade agreement. Yet, at the same time, you've said that the U.S. has had a free trade agreement since 2006 and it's the largest trading partner with Honduras.
Has it been effective for the U.S. to have a free trade agreement with Honduras?