International Trade committee  I'm sorry; the question was cut off. I did not hear the question.

International Trade committee  Thank you very much for the question. Canadian beef does have access to the European market. Market access is provided under the CETA. Additional market access was created under the Canada-U.K. Trade Continuity Agreement to account for the departure of the United Kingdom from th

International Trade committee  Absolutely, yes. We do learn from our experiences. We seek to improve the rules that we negotiate with our trading partners to ensure that the market access opportunities our exporters are afforded are real opportunities that they can take advantage of and not merely tariff reduc

International Trade committee  There's not much to add, and thank you very much for the opportunity. The impact of this bill, to a certain degree, depends on how our trading partners and prospective negotiating partners choose to react to it. How they choose to react to it, I think, will be at least in part a

International Trade committee  Certainly we are very well aware of the issue and the concerns that the poultry sector has expressed with respect to certain types of imports that are coming into Canada. We have been working with them for some time in different parts of the Department of Agriculture and Agri-Foo

International Trade committee  Perhaps I will try to answer it and then see whether Mr. Forsyth wants to add anything. That particular example, I have to say, is not one that I have heard before. I know that there's generally concern that the products entering are eligible to enter under the TRQ in question a

International Trade committee  Thank you. I will maybe add to that, if that's okay. As was mentioned in response to an earlier question, Canada's commitments under the CPTPP are known. They're made on a plurilateral basis, so they're available to all CPTPP members. Canada has been clear that with respect to

International Trade committee  No, I am not. I suspect that many are watching to see how this process unfolds, but I have not heard of any other sectors requesting this treatment.

International Trade committee  I would say that what I have heard reflects largely what the committee has heard from the export-oriented part of Canada's agriculture sector, which is a concern that any action taken to continue to protect the supply management sectors.... Generally speaking, I think the agricul

International Trade committee  I think the question was whether I could provide an update with respect to the provision of compensation related to the CUSMA. The government has been fairly clear in its statement of its intention to continue to provide support to the supply management sector, including its co

International Trade committee  Thank you for the question. I'm not a member of the government. I'm Canada's chief trade negotiator. All I know is that the government has made a commitment. It seems fairly clear what that commitment is. With respect to the earlier trade agreement, I believe that commitment ha

International Trade committee  Thank you. In fact, I just want to clarify that indeed there are provisions in the CUSMA that provide incremental access to the U.S. sugar market for Canadian exporters under certain circumstances.

International Trade committee  I'll take the question. I'm not aware if the U.S. has a prohibition in law on its ability to discuss these matters at the negotiating table. In a previous life I worked on non-agricultural issues. I recall discussing matters related to the Jones Act with the United States in a

International Trade committee  The reality is that generally speaking, there is more interest in importing products in the supply management categories than there is volume to be imported. Canada requires a system to organize itself and to allocate those import rights in a coordinated fashion, one that maximiz

International Trade committee  Again, the imports from New Zealand or from any of our CPTPP countries that meet Canada's food quality requirements are eligible to be imported. Global Affairs Canada, through its trade controls directorate, administers the import and export controls regime, including import lice