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The economy of the US is huge and the appetite for consumption in the United States is huge. The spending power of the American is quite huge. The agricultural sector has done very well. I know, Jeremy, now there’s a concern that the Americans should expand the goods into the market. I don’t think it’s realistic at this time to expect that, particularly when the US is going through elections. The agricultural lobby in the US is quite big, it has been to a large extent opposed to some of this duty-free, but because of the appetite of the American and the demands in the market, it’s not a problem now.
I think there’s pressure really to deal with both corruption at the government level, private sector, and the lawlessness that is starting to really emerge within our economic sector. So those are the issues that the Americans would expect.
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