International Trade committee  Yes. I wasn't told of any barriers specific to this type of partnership that I could try to remedy in our current talks. From the outset, our position excludes education, and as far as I know, there aren't any related barriers that need to be raised in our negotiations. Because

International Trade committee  Yes. I guess this is also Shendra's area in large measure, but there will continue to be opportunities—in fact, we hope expanded opportunities—for Canadian exports of agricultural products, including the value-added, the processed food products. But I think it's fair to say that

International Trade committee  I think you need a better witness than I to try to address such a large question. Maybe a really good place to start would be our High Commissioner to India, Stewart Beck, who has been spending the last two years trying to figure out the answer to that question. Our brand is, I

International Trade committee  In my remarks, I indicated there were some areas and issues that were not yet part of the agreed content of the final agreement—the modalities, as we call them. Intellectual property is one of those areas. Canada continues to promote the idea of including intellectual property pr

International Trade committee  They are not in negotiation with the U.S. They are in the fifth year of negotiations with the European Union.

International Trade committee  I will ask my colleague Mr. Santerre to answer that.

International Trade committee  Well, as was commented on already, I would agree with the assertion that India needs Canada in respect of meeting many of its development objectives, including the list that I provided: food security, energy security, infrastructure, and education. That having been said, India ha

International Trade committee  First of all, I would like to say that the average tariff faced by a Canadian export into India is something in the range of 9%, but on manufactured goods, that's in the range of 5% to 10%, and in agricultural goods the average is 30%. That's an average. Some tariffs are very sig

International Trade committee  The joint study carried out with India is available on the department's Web site. It includes the two countries' projections, or economic models, in a report. So they are available to you. In fact, I thought the committee had asked us to provide copies of the report when we appe

International Trade committee  Yes. That's why we do them.

International Trade committee  McCain is a very interesting example of how to work in the Indian market. Number one, they spent six years researching exactly what variety of potato would grow best in the regions of India, recruiting local farmers and training them in how to farm those potatoes for McCain so th

International Trade committee  No, not at this time, neither potatoes nor frozen french fries.

International Trade committee  I assure you that I speak on behalf of that potato.

International Trade committee  Yes.

International Trade committee  It's certainly our hope and our objective in the negotiations. How well we do, well, it remains to be seen.