Mr. Verheul, the European Union is going to be negotiating with the United States on a similar comprehensive agreement. I'm wondering if you could elaborate for us what kind of precedent our agreement with the European Union sets for those negotiations. In light of the fact that the national and state governments in the United States have a unique or different relationship than we have here in Canada, is there the potential for it to be as ambitious and as deep as we currently have concluded with the European Union?
On November 7th, 2013. See this statement in context.