International Trade committee  Let me start off. We have a very clear idea about what a good strategy for our membership is, and that's what we pursue. We've been known to be fairly critical of all parties, and we've been known to be fairly critical of this government—at times. As I say, we're supportive of th

International Trade committee  We were part of that study. If you look at the study and the analysis that was done, it was pretty much based on whether we can quantify what we know about tariff elimination, areas where we can quantify and take a look at that and work that through the economics. Then those woul

International Trade committee  I'll give you an example. VA TECH is one of the largest companies in the business of building electricity generating stations. VA TECH is a huge Austrian company. Their procurement arm is based in New York. We hosted an incoming procurement mission on the part of VA TECH. We put

International Trade committee  What I was really referring to are the negotiations that are under way between the European Union and the United States, particularly with respect to rules of origin, because it's going to be important to recognize a North American rule of origin rather than a Canadian rule. Also

International Trade committee  That's my understanding, but the area we're particularly focused on is the United States.

International Trade committee  That's exactly what we're trying to do. First of all is identifying opportunities. I mentioned our Enterprise Europe Network Canada; we're working with organizations in Europe to identify technology and business partnership opportunities. So first is recognition of the opportunit