International Trade committee  Whatever it is, the fact is that we don't sell anything there.

International Trade committee  Again, I think that's a crucial question to the future prosperity of our country, because the problem with being a hewer of wood and a drawer of water and a scraper of bitumen—I guess that would be the extra phrase to add to it today—is that the resources run out, world prices ar

International Trade committee  I think the negative list approach reflects a higher degree of faith in the assumed efficiency and mutuality of a free trade agreement. If you start from the assumption, as is embodied in those economic simulation models, that free trade will naturally benefit both sides through

International Trade committee  That there should be what negotiations? I'm sorry, I missed the second part.

International Trade committee  The auto—

International Trade committee  As far pre-negotiations go, I don't know if it's something you pre-negotiate or if it's just something you say. You say to another country, “I may be interested in a free trade agreement with you, but not in the area of auto”. That's not necessarily something you have to negotiat