International Trade committee  Yes, it's always a concern. I'm not sure that you can always get to what that subsidy is or what form it takes, but it's always a concern. That's all I can say on it.

International Trade committee  In terms of export markets, we're about a billion-pound business. If you don't count the United States, just outside of the United States about 10% to 15% is export. A lot of that is opportunistic because you can have droughts in parts of the world. So some export years are bette

International Trade committee  It's about an eight-billion-pound market. It's about the same size of a market as the United States. If we sent 100 million pounds there, it wouldn't be a blip on the radar. It's huge. It's as big as exporting to the United States. It's a huge opportunity. Being in the Maritimes,

International Trade committee  It really is, yes.

International Trade committee  To be honest, our biggest obstacle is the tariff. We don't see any of the regulatory non-trade issues being insurmountable.

International Trade committee  What we're asking for is that the 14.4% go to zero on day one. I know a lot of the tariffs may go out over three years or five years, but on frozen potato products, once the agreement is ratified and if it is signed off, we'd like it to go to zero on day one.

International Trade committee  That's correct.

International Trade committee  As I mentioned, going to Europe the tariff is 14.4%, so where that tariff is in place, we're not selling today; it's prohibitive. Coming this way, it's 4%, and if you go to your local grocery store you'll see some Belgian products. Holland and Belgium are the largest exporters in

International Trade committee  I agree.

International Trade committee  We have not done that study, so I don't know the impact on medicare costs at this point.

International Trade committee  There are no GMO potatoes used in North America. They started off several years ago, and my personal opinion would be positive, because you could reduce the amount of pesticides used and some other things to improve the product. But McDonald's has never accepted a GMO potato. So

International Trade committee  If I could ask, is the question specifically about GMOs?

International Trade committee  I guess my only comment is that the European market is, for potato products, as big as it is in North America. It's a market we're not playing in today. And it's a market we'd love to see opened as a fair playing field so that we have the opportunity to compete. We can use our lo

International Trade committee  No.

International Trade committee  I appreciate your help.