The opposition may be playing into the US hands by insisting we create our own position paper now. It is probably premature to do so. I doubt our negotiators have fully assessed the US position yet. That could take weeks.

The US wish list is also rather vague, likely to become more detailed over time to satisfy Congress, which must be very wary now about having a lose cannon running the shop. We would be better served to wait and see how it evolves.

It is probably enough at this time to say we oppose most of what the US wants because the general tone set so far is that they do not want a fair deal.