International Trade committee  Thank you.

International Trade committee  I would add one thing: long-term play. When you go to different emerging countries, it's always interesting to see which automobiles they drive. It's almost always a reflection of who's been there first. The big car in China is the Buick. It's Audi for the members of the Central

International Trade committee  Yes.

International Trade committee  Absolutely.

International Trade committee  Yes, and you know what? On some of that agriculture as well, one of the things is that in an agreement like this, the Indians are probably going to be open to removing the tariffs for the things they have a demand for. They're probably going to find technical barriers for the stu

International Trade committee  I don't know the exact reason why it was suspended. Do you know, Satish?

International Trade committee  Technical barriers to trade, unfortunately even the most robust agreement is never going to completely eliminate these things, because there's no limit to the imagination in terms of being able to create these things. Also, sometimes it becomes the case of who's going to blink fi

International Trade committee  I think that's it.

International Trade committee  I would say in this case it's a skills shortage.

International Trade committee  Yes, but it's also a reality of doing business. For instance, let's say a Canadian company buys an IT platform that's been offered by an Indian company. Even if there is a person who is a qualified IT technician in Canada, it doesn't necessarily mean they're qualified to work on

International Trade committee  I think in the EU deal Canada is trying to get two years and I think the EU's position is one year, so you know, we're not talking.... And these are then renewable. The other angle is an economic needs test, which Canada as a practice has negotiated out of its labour mobility pr

International Trade committee  What I mean is sort of a quid pro quo. I'll go back to Mr. Cannan's remarks on what the advantages are. I'm going to answer your question, but I just want to preface it with this. India is a big market, but it's not really ready to play the same game as the U.S., European Union,

International Trade committee  I'm not an investor, myself, in India, so....

International Trade committee  I would think it would vary, based on state to state, but yes, it can be very problematic, especially because there are no investor protections. There is no legal recourse. You'd have to take it through the Indian courts, as essentially a private investor or a private citizen. Yo

International Trade committee  Big time, yes.