I agree that we should make more effort to find other markets, but I'm not as cynical as your note suggests with respect to upcoming negotations.  This list should be viewed as a wish list, and if it were me making the list I'd be adding a couple of stinker wishes that I knew I would have to eventually give up as part of the negotiations.  For another, we haven't see the Canadian or Mexican wish lists yet, nor have the Americans.  Don't overlook what the Americans want out of an agreement...they want access to nearby markets and that's worth a considerable amount to them in an increasingly shrinking world.  They know we can go elsewhere for our consumer products and that puts pressure on them to compromise their initial demands.

Negotiations towards an agreement are all about finding common objectives.