atkinson: i think that the president has addressed the remarks that he made about trento.ing is improving on trade deals. you know, you learn as you go along and never before have environmental standards been included as part of the trade agreement. ambassador beazley referred to as all of the modern nature of this agreement that is being negotiated with the asia pacific and of course the politics are difficult, because when middle-class families have been disappointed and given stagnant wages for a long time, they are looking for what is going to make life better. we believe this will make life better, but we understand this has been a difficult time. the president came in with a terrible financial crisis. so i think our own -- this agreement is different from previous agreements. this is a better and stronger agreement. it may not read the final state of the arts. no doubt things could change in the future and will require even more improvement. but this is a step change from previous agreements including ranging from vietnam to japan but in its scope of areas it address