Madam Chair, I can answer that question.
I'm working with my colleague, Doug Forsyth, who's our chief negotiator for the Canada-U.K. free trade agreement.
I'm responsible for negotiating the U.K.'s accession to the CPTPP. I can assure you that Doug and my team are working very closely together to make sure we're able to maximize the benefits to Canadian companies and producers through those two parallel negotiations.
Minister Ng has requested that we continue to leave both negotiations open until we are satisfied that we have obtained everything we can through both channels for Canadian companies.