International Trade committee  But that's not really the problem. The problem is the spin and the way that people try to sell these things. You have to be much more focused on what's practical. If you can do the deal on 98% of the tariff lines, you should do the deal on 98% of the tariff lines, instead of taki

International Trade committee  China does want to be in TPP, and China is negotiating a deal called ASEAN+6. It's a reality. I understood that we were almost ready to announce negotiations of a free trade agreement with China, and there was a hiccup and it didn't happen. I think that if the Americans can get t

International Trade committee  I would think so.

International Trade committee  Well, they're bigger. They're bigger and they can do these things. That's really the reality. We need the Americans to get a deal with Europe so we can get better access to Europe in terms of cumulating our content. When we're dealing with Japan, we started out first, and hopeful

International Trade committee  Not here!

International Trade committee  Oh no, I was giving an example.

International Trade committee  It's not truly free—there are still subsidies and regulatory differences.

International Trade committee  That's a fair description.

International Trade committee  That's the way we built our manufacturing industry, with the National Policy.

International Trade committee  I'm not sure it was the 1920s or if it was the late 1920s and the 1930s. Smoot–Hawley was 1928, I think.

International Trade committee  Yes, it was.

International Trade committee  I used to work for the Department of Finance. They didn't mean much to revenue but they did have a use.

International Trade committee  Yes, it is.

International Trade committee  Yes.

International Trade committee  The Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement gave us a significant market opening because we were prepared to make concessions on the security of energy supply and a number of other issues. NAFTA was a defensive agreement for Canada