Thank you all for coming. I am also, of course, meeting with my counterparts from Ministries including MITI, MOFA, the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, and the Financial Supervisory Agency to discuss our bilateral agenda. It is clear, of course, that in both areas we have much work ahead. In our bilateral relationship, we have much more to accomplish in market opening and deregulation.
Steel is a sector of great sensitivity and visibility.
We must ensure that our existing agreements are fully implemented. We are beginning our work on a third package of deregulation measures. This is a broad and complex agenda, and our work may not always be easy. But regardless of the strains of any particular moment, we should remember that we are building on a record of progress and achievement. In trade, ours is the world's second-largest bilateral relationship.