International Trade committee  I said that we were pursuing an aggressive program of measures to address non-tariff barriers in the Korean market. I was reluctant to get into specifics of where individual issues stand in the negotiations because they're all being negotiated. With respect to the auto sector, t

International Trade committee  Absolutely. We're governed extensively by our consultations with stakeholders in sectors across the country.

International Trade committee  The basis of my criticism is that other agreements were used to project what would happen with this agreement, and the two have very little in common. To answer your specific question, no, I'm not aware of an analysis specifically done on the difference between what we projecte

International Trade committee  Taking your last question first, no. We found so many flaws in the approach taken in that study that we would certainly not want to replicate it. That study was one of four put out by the CAW last year. Basically it just reissued that study. It was the worst-case scenario of th

International Trade committee  Thank you. On the second question, it's not an FTA or nothing. Clearly, we pursue a wide range of options in terms of promoting our relationship with Korea, and we do have active programs of trade and investment promotion. We would be pursuing air services negotiations. There ar

International Trade committee  Sure. I think you're exactly right that there tends to be a lot of focus only on the tariffs, but the reality is that what we're negotiating is a comprehensive trade agreement. So there will be provisions on goods, on services, financial services, investment, temporary entry, and

International Trade committee  Yes, I am aware of some concerns that were expressed the other day on this, and I can provide some assurance to committee members. I think the concern was that Canada was pursuing a U.S.-style intellectual property chapter in our negotiations with Korea. We are not. We are pursui

International Trade committee  All of us were there except for Mr. Chiuriak, who is our deputy chief economist.

International Trade committee  As I mentioned, this was our twelfth meeting, and the thirteenth is not scheduled until March. Korea is going through a period of political transition now with presidential elections, and won't have a new government until...well, the president in February, and the cabinet will pr

International Trade committee  Sure. I think that's a very important dimension to it, because what we're trying to achieve with the agreement with Korea is not only an enhanced relationship with Korea, but we want to leverage a better relationship with Korea to pursue neighbouring markets in Japan and China. T

International Trade committee  We think we have a number of studies on the impact of an initiative with Korea. We have the results I talked about in my presentation, with the economic models. We've also conducted two extremely detailed studies in the automotive industry. There is a lot of information on our We

International Trade committee  That's a projection. You must know that we don't have an agreement at this time. We're negotiating something. So it's difficult to—

International Trade committee  The figures I stated in my presentation?

International Trade committee  The union's study?

International Trade committee  No. I entirely disagree with those figures. I began to speak to that in my answer to the previous question. That study took the changes in our trade with our existing trading partners we have FTAs with, projected those onto our current trade with Korea, came up with an enormous