Thank you, Mr House Chair. Minister, it is obvious that on this matter there is national consensus and the entire Parliament is behind you. So the question is: How can we strengthen your hand?
Confronted with the same question, other countries have used the well-known carrot and stick technique, where their parliaments have made money available to foreign countries for development and infrastructure, on condition that certain markets are opened.
Should we not consider things of this nature, making money available in large quantities to our own companies to go over there and build infrastructure, which will foster development, on condition that those markets will be opened. This would also be on condition that barriers would be removed, not only in tariff matters, but also nontariff matters, such as insufficient regulations and insufficient laws, to which you referred in your response yesterday, Minister, and on condition that the conditions for fair trade would be improved. What can we do as Members of Parliament, from the committees on Finance and Appropriations?