we have a sermon, signing a letter to mister freeland, the honorable robert lightheiser of the united states. would you like to sign? [applause] >> now we get this right. >> thank you, gentlemen. >> thank you. thanks to the efforts of staff. very good. >> very good, thank you, sir. so with that we can open up the floor to questions. please wait for the mic so people on the phone can hear you. microphone. there you are. go ahead. >> just to start off, i would like to get your reaction to bob lightheiser's opening statement in which he said although nafta benefited us farmers and border communities that is fundamentally failed many americans and would have to have major improvement that tweaking and updating a few chapters would not be acceptable. what concerns does that raise in terms of the agriculture community and possible trade offs to get these changes? >> of course it concerns us that we would have that mentioned upfront, but our stand is we do no harm. this has been a good trade for north american agriculture from mexico to canada and we want to make sure we have that heard loud