International Trade committee  I cannot give a specific response to that question because the studies I consulted did not contain any specific information on that topic. However, you are right to point out that many European countries have been at the forefront of the development of such technologies. Consequ

International Trade committee  I myself participated in this type of negotiations for the Canadian delegation in the 1970s, and I thus understand the importance of a fairly high level of confidentiality, due to the importance of the issues. These issues may even, in some cases, influence markets. If a rumour b

International Trade committee  Of course. Thank you for that question. I gave two series of statistics, and they are really projections according to a general equilibrium model. And I am not qualified to go into the details of this, but the study that was tabled, done jointly by Canada and the European Union

International Trade committee  The issue of bilingualism in labelling was raised because of a complaint coming from a certain European federation. I no longer recall the subject of the complaint, but the complaint was made that our bilingualism rule was resulting in supplementary costs. You must realize that t

International Trade committee  Yes.

International Trade committee  Thank you for the questions. With regard to the Europeans' reluctance to undertake these negotiations and Canada's insistence on doing so, I would say that has put us in a position of weakness in relation to Europe. With the help of some statistics, I explained that the European

International Trade committee  Thank you for the question. I would like to give more details regarding the Buy American agreement with the United States, and with my criticism of it. The requirements that had blocked the negotiations in the mid-1990s were dropped. We wanted to get an exception to the American

International Trade committee  Yes, of course, the negotiations are far from being over. We are expecting the negotiations to end at the end of 2011. I will not use the term that you used, namely "to limit the damage". I think that there are good business opportunities for Canadian suppliers on the European pr

International Trade committee  I do not know what the negotiator said to you in reply, but the issue of the rules of origin is one of the reasons why I think that a large number of bilateral agreements are bad for international trade. It makes things much more complicated than the negotiation of a single set o

International Trade committee  I mentioned that the provinces were already at the negotiating table. This is the first time that Canada has done this in trade negotiations.

International Trade committee  No, I said exactly the opposite. I emphasized the fact that the provinces had been invited to the negotiating table. I believe that this is a very positive development.

International Trade committee  Once again, I do not know who I am addressing, and I would prefer to hear the questions in the language in which they were put.

International Trade committee  I only heard it in English.

International Trade committee  No.

International Trade committee  Yes, I hear you very well.