International Trade committee  On the import trade data, which are very accurate, there's a two-month lag. On export trade data, which are significantly less accurate—and in fact we have to use the data from the other country—there's a longer lag. Because the U.S. agreement came into effect February 1, it'

International Trade committee  It's very difficult to say whether or not we've lost market share in Peru, given that the U.S. agreement came into effect so close to where we are now.

International Trade committee  Thanks very much for the question. As Carol noted, what you always try to do--I know this as the trading goods market access negotiator--is try to strike a balance in the deal that represents your interests and your sensitivities. It is difficult when you take dairy, poultry, an

International Trade committee  Because there are 8,500 tariff lines in a tariff schedule, the framework's not exact, but I think on what we were exporting to Peru and where we had market access interest by industry, we've done generally as well as the United States, and in some cases slightly better. There are

International Trade committee  Thanks. I had flipped to my trade data for Quebec, so if you would give me a moment, I'll go back to agriculture. Largely the market openings, particularly the defensive market openings for wheat, lentils, and pulses, are primary markets. We also open up with a duty-free TRQ fo

International Trade committee  If you wanted me to, I could certainly go through your first question specifically with respect to how Quebec is faring in this agreement. You're quite right that if you look at the trade balance for Quebec it is negative with respect to the fact that we import more than we expo

International Trade committee  Mr. Chair, I can do that. This clause introduces tariff treatments specifically for.... So the amendments...the NAFTA country is already there, Chile is already there, and Costa Rica is already there, given our free trade agreements with those countries. What you're doing is in

International Trade committee  Right. Canada's customs tariff includes the tariff elimination. The schedule to the customs tariff includes I think about 12 tariff treatments now. All of our free trade agreement tariff phase-out, as well as development programs like the least-developed country tariff, are all

International Trade committee  Perhaps I could add to that, Gary. Budget 2009 does allocate $175 million, over the next two years, for the procurement of 98 new coast guard vessels, refits to 35 fleet vessels, and vessel life extensions for five vessels. As the industry relies primarily on the domestic market

International Trade committee  Again, I don't want to speak for the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, who actually negotiated the agreement and are putting forward the bill. But I can speak in general terms about the benefits of free trade writ large. The EFTA countries as a group are a

International Trade committee  So on most processed food products and all industrial goods, I think including fish products as well, this agreement will eliminate all tariff barriers into the EFTA countries. There is a significant amount of trade between Canada and the EFTA countries already, and certainly eli

International Trade committee  Tariff revenue goes into the general revenue fund.

International Trade committee  I can check on that one. I'm not sure of the particulars.

International Trade committee  I can speak in general terms....

International Trade committee  Sure. Generally the subsidies issue is dealt with multilaterally under the agreement on subsidies and countervail at the WTO, and not specifically in free trade agreements. Tax policy always remains the purview of Canada, and there are virtually no provisions relating to tax pol