International Trade committee  Do you mind if I steal 30 seconds? We do business in Asia, especially in China. I think most people don't know how to do business in China and Asia. Forget the tariffs, forget the regulations; it's how you do the business. I'm sitting in a shop with someone, closing a deal that

International Trade committee  We have some employees in China. We just try to be creative. If it's as a representative of the...I forget the acronym, but a foreign-owned company in China, you try different structures, you create lots of different companies, and you try to move people between the companies.

International Trade committee  My experience is a lot more limited in terms of all sectors. From what I know, the resource and defence sectors are very strong and quite popular when it comes to the government. I think the government should look more into IT, high tech, and security. There were lots of Canadian

International Trade committee  Maybe our colleague who has spoken the least should start.

International Trade committee  Our experiences with the trade commissioners have been very positive. It is touch and go, but overall it's been very positive. They gave us some research papers. They made some introductions. At times they sent letters on our behalf. It didn't always work, but that's okay. Some o

International Trade committee  Actually, in my previous life I was involved in selling a very cool children's toy that was founded in Israel. I was one of the early guys there, and most of the sales were to the U.S. I can probably share some experience, and I did not use any of the government services because

International Trade committee  I think if you come to Toronto—

International Trade committee  —I don't know if you are invited by the Israel Economic Mission to Canada, but, whoever is heading it, they run events all the time. So they'll do technology for banking and they'll get a bunch of companies that develop something and they'll go and get all of the big Canadian ban

International Trade committee  Not enough, no. There are economic trade missions, but those tend to be more political and involve bigger companies, not as much as, again, sector and getting the customers together.

International Trade committee  I think I would divide this into three: first, domestically I've been involved in some panels, inviting some of the trade commissioners sitting with Ed Fast trying to share some of the experiences that we have experienced with companies that are looking to sell internationally an

International Trade committee  Yes, Gali Bar-Ziv: “Bar” means son, “Ziv” means light—son of light.

International Trade committee  That comes with a different accent.

International Trade committee  Thank you. First of all, good afternoon. Thank you, Chair and Vice-Chair. It's a privilege to be here. As you can see, my name is a little different. Like many Canadians, I wasn't born here. I am a proud Canadian. I moved here about 16 years ago to pursue an MBA in Toronto.