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International Trade committee Well, there are different scenarios to it. I know for sure what the result of our not having a free trade agreement when our competitors do is going to be: in more than a year, this is going to be zero. As you know, things are changing quickly in the meat sector, with foreign an
February 4th, 2008Committee meeting
Martin Lavoie
International Trade committee In the last three years in--I don't know how it was translated into English--chilled pork, which is fresh pork, our sales have really been picking up. This is where the U.S. made most of their growth. There are obviously a lot of opportunities in this sector. As we mentioned, we
February 4th, 2008Committee meeting
Martin Lavoie
International Trade committee I can talk for the pork side. I think they have the feeling—or this is their argument—that they gave as much as they could to the U.S. There were a lot of demonstrations in Korea after the tentative agreement between the U.S. and Korea. That created a lot of pressure on the polit
February 4th, 2008Committee meeting
Martin Lavoie
International Trade committee The pork industry had frequent meetings with the negotiators at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. Also, we've been fortunate to be in Korea at the same time as some of the rounds were happening. So I can say we've been involved and consulted. As we said, now that we know what the
February 4th, 2008Committee meeting
Martin Lavoie