How do I do that in a minute? Let me give it a try.
Let me begin by saying thank you to everyone here. You all played an instrumental role in achieving what I believe is an absolute win for the Canadian economy and the Canadian auto sector. We don't do this alone on just the government side; it took everyone. It took all orders of government. It took our colleagues on all sides of the aisle. It took our businesses and our labour leaders coming together and doing that team Canada advocacy to make sure that those automobiles and those critical minerals that are going to be produced in Canada are going to be a part of that very important Canada-U.S. supply chain. It is exceedingly important, and I see it as a win for Canada to be included. I see it as Canada's win and therefore a win for all of us.
North American competitiveness is ultimately what CUSMA is about. We have a trading relationship among Canada, the U.S. and Mexico that represents $1.9 trillion. That is not insignificant. It is very important, and making sure we are competitive as a North American region is what CUSMA is all about. It is what the CUSMA Free Trade Commission was all about in terms of taking stock and looking at how we continue to build on the competitiveness of our three countries.
I will highlight two things that I think are important. One is making sure that small and medium-sized businesses in all our economies get the benefit of trade. That was negotiated as an SME chapter in CUSMA. There is a committee that does that. There is deliberate work to make it easier for our businesses of all sizes. Every single one of our economies has micro, small and medium-sized businesses that need to grow. When they grow, it is good for our economy and good for our communities.
The second thing I will say is that this is the first time we've had a women's trade summit, a North American women's trade summit between Canada, Mexico and the United States. They came to Vancouver. If this first one is any indication, we are going to get growth, and we are going to get growth through those extraordinary women leaders of businesses of all sizes in all three of our countries.