complex items on our working agenda. i recognize and value their enormous commitment to our common region. the leaders of north america share a vision of a strong solitaire competitive region that is able to successfully face head on the challenges of today. we agree that our common challenges can only be faced together and there in lays the importance of having dialogue, strong dialogue amongst our three countries. the data that president obama has just given us is very important that our trade has exceeded $1 trillion for the first time. and i think that that is not separate from a reality that has to be underscored. this very complex world, full of economic problems and severe crises. canada, the united states, and mexico are three countries that