Thank you very much, Madam Chair.
Thank you, witnesses. It's very interesting to hear your perspectives, particularly what you just said, Mr. Kovrig, about geopolitical risks.
In his speech at Davos, our Prime Minister called for unity among countries of similar size. A little earlier, you alluded to deindustrialization and the risk of losing our entire specialized workforce and our entire high-tech sector. That's true for Germany, but it's not just Germany; it's us as well. What I understand is that, for the last 20 years, China has no longer been producing the same goods. It's been more high tech. So we're going to become vulnerable.
Earlier, you mentioned that, yes, we need to do business with China, but we also need to partner with other countries in the Indo-Pacific region. What are you proposing? Which ones should we favour?