First of all, all CAFTA members joined us, and we're planning a new visit in November because we thought it was very helpful. I forget now if it was in April or May, but we were down there the day President Trump pressed pause on the tariffs.
There are difficult conversations. If you're an Ottawa lobbyist, you feel quite small when you go to Capitol Hill and you realize there are tens of thousands of people going down those corridors and meeting with these people for half an hour. You have to get your point across really quickly.
What it really brings home is how they're thinking about a lot of different things that aren't just the relationship with Canada. It really brings home how important it is for Canadians to work with Americans to bring our issues to their attention and help them understand how Canadian exports—in our case, agri-food exports—help the United States.
We concentrated on the messages that Canadian agri-food exports provide American consumers with better, higher-quality, cheaper food and provide American agri-food businesses with inputs that make them more competitive, both in the United States and worldwide. People were receptive, but it's a competitive environment down there to get your message across.
