Mr. Speaker, as I indicated to the House yesterday, we have raised this issue with the United States trade representative. We did so last week and we have done so more formally with the State Department. Our protests have been duly noted, but the response has been generally that the proposed measure has no chance of passing through the U.S. Congress.
Indeed it was only today that U.S. Senator Gramm of Texas said the proposal was as dead as Elvis Presley.