International Trade committee  We haven't actually launched negotiations with Mercosur, but with regard to the Pacific Alliance, this is something we already have with all four of those members. We have investment agreements or chapters with all four Pacific Alliance members, and ISDS is included in all four o

International Trade committee  As we do in our FTAs, we're protecting the most sensitive areas that we've always protected, including supply management.

International Trade committee  Will we do an assessment of gender and human rights before the FTA is done?

International Trade committee  We have been doing, as we always do, environmental impact assessments, so we have been looking at that. I can't give you the exact date, but very recently, maybe about a month ago, a notice went out in the Gazette asking for input into our overall assessment. We don't do broade

International Trade committee  They are, definitely. These are things that we use internally; we're just not necessarily doing it in the same way. We're not doing a human rights or gender analysis in the same way we do an environmental assessment with public consultations. We do build all of that into our ong

International Trade committee  I can look into it.

International Trade committee  It's huge.

International Trade committee  With regard to the Pacific Alliance countries, what's interesting is that there is a little bit of overlap with the CPTPP, but it's not complete. The CPTPP includes a number of countries that are not part of the Pacific Alliance, and one of the four Pacific Alliance countries is

International Trade committee  The Pacific Alliance over what we may be doing at CPTPP—is that what you mean?

International Trade committee  To start, it's early to give you some specifics. We've had one round of negotiations, so it's just the beginning of signalling our interests, rather than talking about where we may land. One of the things we're looking at in the context of the Pacific Alliance, for example, is c

International Trade committee  Let me make sure I get that right. They are talking to Mercosur. If you give me a moment, I will tell you. I'm sorry. I don't want to take up your time. I'll come back to you on the details.

International Trade committee  Yes.

International Trade committee  Yes. We're all candidates to become associated states with the Pacific Alliance, so right now there are eight countries in a room negotiating, but it's what we call “a hub and spokes”, in the sense that we're all negotiating with the Pacific Alliance and not with each other.

International Trade committee  All four could potentially.... If you're able to close an FTA with the bloc, then you would join as an associated state, not as a full member.

International Trade committee  That's correct.