International Trade committee  Yes, and I think that's essentially the way it should be. Each country should have the right to regulate according to what its own population is looking for and demanding in terms of the kind of regulatory framework they want within their country. The regulatory considerations re

International Trade committee  The economic impact study is something that is not done by my group—

International Trade committee  —which is essentially the negotiators. It's done by the chief economist's.

International Trade committee  I'm afraid I don't know offhand. This is something that has been worked on while we were in regular contact with the chief economist's office as we went through the negotiations. Obviously, they can't go too far with their analysis until we have a final agreement, which they can

International Trade committee  I think we've put quite a bit of information on the web. There's a detailed description of the outcomes, chapter by chapter, and an overall assessment of the agreement. We've included some analysis, sector by sector, and I think that's available. Certainly there's a lot of analys

International Trade committee  Yes. If we are proposing to make some change to the agreement that has already been agreed upon trilaterally amongst the three parties, we would certainly have to ensure that the U.S. and Mexico were on board and agreeable to those changes.

International Trade committee  Yes, it is certainly our hope that we will have the concluded economic assessment in the very near future. I'm expecting that I will see a revised draft sometime today, but I will caution that the economic assessment of the outcome of a negotiation such as this is a bit of a chal

International Trade committee  I'd be happy to do so.

International Trade committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. Thank you for the invitation to appear before the committee today. We look forward to answering questions regarding the outcomes of the Canada-U.S.-Mexico agreement, or CUSMA, following my opening remarks. The signature of the CUSMA on November 30, 2018