International Trade committee  Yes.

International Trade committee  There are a variety of situations in China, and I'd be glad to discuss them with you and show you some very interesting photographs, complete with the spelling mistakes.

International Trade committee  One of our members has spent upwards of $400,000 in legal fees trying to protect his interests. The photographs on the bottle: the back shows the Okanagan, we think; the map shows the north shore of Lake Erie; and the front shows a picture of his winery, with his name on it. And

International Trade committee  Yes, we're moving into phase three of HACCP this summer with a whole bunch of projects with wineries from coast to coast, and that's a demonstration of food safety and quality, which is all very important in this export marketing game we're talking about. The Koreans put it very

International Trade committee  I have considerable confidence in the intellectual property regime in Korea through my observations of Korea in a number of guises over the past number of years. I think if a problem should arise in Korea, there will be recourse there. From what our members tell us, and they are

International Trade committee  Korean tariffs on U.S. wine are to be eliminated virtually immediately. Our goal is that ours on table wine will be eliminated over three years. But our big one is icewine, and the hope is that they will be eliminated immediately. That's where 96% of our exports are, so we're sat

International Trade committee  Well, it's one thing to get a definition, something recognized in the trade agreement, but what we really have to do is get something into federal legislation and rules and find the best way to do it, whether it's under the Food and Drugs Act, whether it is comprehensive alcohol

International Trade committee  You wondered about CAFI and us; we're at $225,000. That's the government's share. That was for 2007-08. We hope to get a little more this year, in 2008-09. Just by way of comparison, the Europeans just announced they are putting 120 million euros for EU wines. They are going to

International Trade committee  Yes. We also get excellent in-kind support through Foreign Affairs. We have the wines of Canada mission program through the post that are not in these numbers--support on the ground. So there is a variety of other kinds of support over and above strictly the dollars and cents fr

International Trade committee  Yes, I think it would certainly help our other markets in Asia. We have a good market in Japan, but it has tailed off. But in the region, absolutely, being there through Korea will have a big impact. In answer to your last question, diversification, diversification, diversificat

International Trade committee  Mr. André, I would just say that we've looked at this vis-à-vis our--

International Trade committee  Yes, the vintners are part of the larger group, which was just mentioned, and we've had direct one-on-ones with our negotiators.

International Trade committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I'm pleased to be here with the committee to talk briefly about the Canada-Korea free trade agreement and its implications for the wine industry. The CVA is the national association of the wine industry. We represent wineries across Canada and are respo