That's not a problem. I'll direct my first question to you, given that you can still hear me.
You mentioned in your opening statement the Geneva principles for a global green new deal. The opening paragraph from that executive summary talks about how we “once had a version of multilateralism that permitted nations to regulate international markets and to pursue strategies for equitable prosperity and development.” It reflected, really, the experiences that we had from both World War II and the Great Depression. The leaders in the post-war period, in the 1950s and 1960s, were intimately acquainted with how fragile our international system was, having gone through a depression and a world war. With the current pandemic, we are learning that again. We've seen the stresses on our supply lines and so on.
Given that climate change is very much going to be the defining issue of the 21st century, and putting this in the context of WTO reform, can you give the committee a sense of what's really at stake?
The threats that climate change, if left unabated, poses to our trade networks, especially with countries that have a lot to lose if their climates change, with increasing desertification, scarce water supplies, migration of people and so on.... Why is it so important for us to put that into the context of WTO reform?