Non-tariff barriers can come in a lot of different forms. We have certainly had the opportunity through a number of our bilateral and regional FTAs to try to tackle non-tariff barriers in a lot of different ways. That can be through very comprehensive provisions in areas such as technical barriers to trade, or sanitary and phytosanitary standards. It can be about improved transparency measures. We have taken a very similar approach to that of the WTO. In fact, the WTO agreements do contain a number of provisions that already are designed to try to address a variety of different non-tariff barriers.
One of the biggest concerns that Canadian businesses report to us is the lack of information and transparency about government measures. In fact, Canada and other WTO members have been working very hard to try to improve the compliance record of countries when it comes to notifying measures that are either under review as something that could be put in place, or in fact measures once they're put into place. Unfortunately, a lot of WTO members, especially developing countries, have not had a particularly good compliance record.
Part of what we've also been doing is working with like-minded countries to try to find ways by which we can help developing countries in terms of better compliance. That would go a long way in helping Canadian businesses that are struggling with these NTBs in a lot of markets.