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.

International Trade committee  Well, it's closer to yes, but—

International Trade committee  Yes, including the opportunity to dispute matters regulatory—

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  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  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  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  India has always been resistant to the idea of including labour and environmental measures in an international trade agreement. It does not want to accept a direct link between its obligations and trade disciplines regarding international standards in working conditions and envir

International Trade committee  That is Canada's usual model.

International Trade committee  First off, keep in mind that Canada's approach is to exclude public education, public health, culture and social programs from its free trade agreements. That policy stands as part of my mandate in the negotiations with India, as well. That said, Canada's colleges and universiti