International Trade committee  That's correct.

International Trade committee  I could offer one example. In Switzerland, for example, horsemeat is a product of high consumption. We have producers of horsemeat in Canada, especially in Quebec, who are trying to get more access in Europe and are facing high competition from countries like Uruguay. Well, with

International Trade committee  I believe that in the area of agriculture it's a clear win for Canada, because we are one of the largest agricultural goods exporters in the world. Our only sensitivity on the agricultural side is very much in the supply management area. We managed to exclude altogether all the

International Trade committee  Absolutely, sir, yes. It covers chicken, turkey eggs, broiler hatching eggs, and dairy.

International Trade committee  Yes, that's correct, sir. To give you an example on the other side--that is, items of export interest--it was very important for our exporters to Switzerland to get access on horsemeat and durum wheat. So we have worked hard to get concessions from Switzerland, for example, on t

International Trade committee  Thank you for your question, Mr. Miller. Yes, there are a number. It's complex because in the area of agriculture, the negotiations resulted in a very curious structure. As Mr. Plunkett explained, there are three agreements governing trade in agriculture, and the concessions giv

International Trade committee  Thank you for this question. With regard to milk protein concentrates, I can assure you that the agreement does not deal in any way with tariff line 3504, milk protein concentrates. Canada made sure that this tariff line was excluded from the negotiations. Canada did not underta

International Trade committee  Yes, it is totally excluded.

International Trade committee  It is excluded from the agreement.

International Trade committee  We are presently amending tariff concessions under the WTO in terms of those procedures governed by article 28. We are presently negotiating in order to establish a tariff quota. However, this free trade agreement does not cover these products. Consequently, a country like Switze

International Trade committee  These consultations largely took place in the course of meetings, and therefore there was no record of minutes. In the course of these negotiations, our negotiators, when they were facing a specific question, were often in direct communication with representatives of these organi

International Trade committee  I will give you the example of butter. In the agreement with Switzerland, we have undertaken to reduce our tariff on the imports coming in within the tariff quota, which is around 4,000 tonnes. Under the WTO, we have committed to allow up to 4,000 tonnes of butter into Canada at

International Trade committee  We mean that an essential element of the supply management system is the predictability of imports. That is achieved by having low duty apply on the volume coming in that is within the access commitment--which is the tariff quota we have in place--and having very high tariffs on