You're right that last week we had a round table. I would include that we had people from the auto sector quite significantly in the room as well to look at opportunities for the sector in opening up markets.
As for the Pacific Alliance, as members would know, Canada was asked to join with associate member status, and this we achieved along with New Zealand, Singapore, and Australia, which basically advances the position of Canada when it comes to the Pacific Alliance. Although we have free trade agreements with each and every country, this is about removing non-tariff trade barriers and engaging further with these countries.
When it comes to Mercosur, the interesting thing is that governments in Argentina and Brazil—those are huge economies, obviously—and Uruguay and Paraguay have been asking Canada to restart these discussions. What we're doing, which I think is the proper step, as I said, is that Canada is not rushing into anything, despite my colleagues being eager for Canada to engage. I said that the first thing we need to do is to talk to stakeholders. We want to engage with stakeholders to understand the benefits, and if there are some concerns, to address them up front so we can take all that into consideration.
What we did at the TSX last week, and what we will be doing, is engaging with stakeholders to understand whether and how this would be in their best interests. We received almost unanimously positive feedback at the table. While understanding that there are some concerns about non-tariff trade barriers, people saw that this agreement should be a mechanism to remove them and facilitate trade and mobility to allow people to sell services and goods in very big markets in South America.