International Trade committee  No, not to my knowledge.

International Trade committee  I have not received any proposed amendments.

International Trade committee  As I mentioned, so far Japan, Mexico, and Singapore have completed their processes. I was informed by my Japanese counterpart a couple of days ago that through their discussions with various countries, they have been informed that New Zealand and Australia will likely complete th

International Trade committee  Essentially, once the sixth country has ratified the agreement, then the 60-day clock starts, after which time the agreement enters into force. At that point, the first wave of tariff cuts starts on the day of entry into force. Japan will do its second tariff cut soon after that,

International Trade committee  It's April 1. Thank you. Some countries are delaying their ratification processes. If Canada, for example, were in that category of countries, we could see two tariff cuts undertaken by countries such as Japan. The countries that have ratified the agreement will determine the pa

International Trade committee  Throughout the government's consultations with the auto sector, we did hear that the tariffs were not really the issue—Japan doesn't have an auto tariff—but that some of the non-tariff barriers that they were facing were. Our sense is that the major non-tariff barrier for a Canad

International Trade committee  That's correct.

International Trade committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Good morning everyone. As you may know, my name is Bruce Christie. I am the Lead Negotiator of the Government of Canada for the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, the CPTPP. I am joined today by a number of my colleague

International Trade committee  Our starting point was that we felt it was already a robust chapter. It was subject to dispute settlement—

International Trade committee  No, I don't know that.

International Trade committee  Maybe I'll let my colleague answer that question on the Guatemala case, but that interpretation by that specific panel came after the agreement was concluded.

International Trade committee  We were asked to continue our consultations with all Canadians, including those who represent the progressive trade element as indigenous groups, and we intensified our consultations with indigenous groups.

International Trade committee  That's a discussion that I think you should continue to raise at the political level. We were—

International Trade committee  As negotiators, we were encouraged to intensify consultations with all Canadians, including those who represent the groups most affected by a progressive trade agenda, and including indigenous groups.

International Trade committee  I think some of the concerns we heard had to do with the size of other economies that would have access to our market—Japan, among others—and maintaining our own competitiveness, faced with increased competition from other countries. I think it had more to do with a sector basis;