We're also very concerned by reports that the United States may be considering withdrawing from the WTO government procurement agreement. This is an agreement that means a lot to Canada and to Canadian business in terms of ensuring reciprocal rights for government procurement access.
We are following these reports very closely, and should the United States take action to withdraw from this agreement, we will have to look very closely at what our options would be. The access that is available to WTO members under that agreement applies to members of that agreement.
Obviously, given the implications that CUSMA, when ratified, could have for Canada in terms of our government procurement relationship to the United States, any withdrawal by the United States from that agreement could be very serious in terms of implications for Canada.
As a result of that, we are working very closely with provinces and territories to ensure that, if the United States does withdraw from the agreement, we have recourse through our own mechanisms.