International Trade committee  I'll give you a simple answer, no. Mr. Keon might elaborate on that.

International Trade committee  I would say that when Canada entered the negotiations, certainly from our perspective, I believe there were certain provisions that may have been tabled by different parties, but they hadn't actually been substantially negotiated, or the countries hadn't landed anywhere on those

International Trade committee  Yes, certainly, seeking out those opportunities ourselves, absolutely....

International Trade committee  No, I was certainly not sitting in a closet. During the negotiation rounds, we did seek meetings with various negotiators from various countries, and of course with the Canadian negotiators, including Minister Fast himself, during many negotiating rounds. There was that ability t

International Trade committee  If I can also just jump in quickly, in answer to your question in terms of what the specific concerns are, they're very wide ranging depending on how you look at things. So again there are very good proposals that have been made by some countries that are on the table. There are

International Trade committee  Thank you very much. Among my key points, first was to describe our industry, the importance of pharmaceutical manufacturing and exporting in Canada and many other jurisdictions as well. There was the importance of ensuring that the TPP does not erect new barriers to trade in g

International Trade committee  Thank you, Jim. I had the opportunity to participate in two of the stakeholder sessions that Ms. Hillman had mentioned. One was in Brunei and one was in Kota Kinabalu—I think I said that correctly—in Malaysia. Maybe I can just give a little bit of information about how the stake

International Trade committee  If I could just add, there's a wide range of proposals on the table. There are some that have been tabled by certain parties that could have a negative impact if all parties were to agree to them. So there are 12 different countries who are part of the negotiations. There are som