CABC Annual

UCNOCMOMMOMNOGRNOUND FRIENDSHIP The Canadian American Business Council established 1987

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“I have never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.” — Thomas Jefferson 3

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CONTENT 06 About the CABC 08 Who We Are 10 What We Do 12 Policy Priorities 20 Presidents and Prime Ministers 24 Event Highlights 32 Celebrating Corporate Leadership 34 Awards 37 Board of Directors 38 Advisory Board 39 Membership List 41 Staff 5

About the CABC Since 1987, the Canadian American Business Council has been the eyes, ears, and voice of business in the world’s biggest and most prosperous trade relationship. The CABC builds and strengthens the profound ties of commerce, trade, friendship, and goodwill that unite Canada and the United States like no other two nations on Earth. Indeed, Canada and the United States have long been the envy of the world for sharing common ground -- yet an uncommon friendship, even when those ties are tested, challenged, and questioned. 6

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Who We Are The CABC is a non-profit, non-partisan, issues-oriented organization dedicated to delving into issues that affect businesses, citizens, and civil society in both Canada and the United States, with the aim to maximize prosperity for everyone and competitiveness for companies large and small on both sides of the border. Our members are key business leaders and stakeholders, who range from entrepreneurs to small businesses and some of the biggest brand names and Fortune 500 companies on the planet. Collectively, CABC members employ more than two million people and have annual revenues of over $2 trillion. The CABC truly came of age in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, when what had long been a friendly open border between the United States and Canada became quite the opposite. Amid false fears that the 9/11 terrorists had traveled to the United States from Canada, security at border crossings was quickly tightened. Cross-border business literally screeched to a halt, as companies that had long depended on Canadian supply chains watched them evaporate due to red tape and an increasingly inefficient border. As a result, both Canadian and U.S. ambassadors, past and present, took up our cause. With their expert guidance, we strengthened and diversified our membership and took on a direct advocacy role on Capitol Hill, Parliament Hill, and the White House. Post 9/11, our members meet with policymakers in the run up to bilateral meetings, NATO conferences, and economic summits. They sit down with top White House, State Department, and Commerce Department officials to advocate for the Canada-U.S. relationship. And when a business, policymaker, or media entity needs help understanding the relationship, they reach out to the CABC for insight and guidance as an honest broker of ideas. In this age of questioning the wisdom of cross-border trade, CABC’s message of economic integration is now more important than ever. Some of the biggest companies in the world are on the CABC’s board -- Amazon, Air Canada, Barrick Gold, Bombardier, CAE, Campbell Soup Company, Cisco Canada, ConocoPhillips, The Coca-Cola Company, Enbridge, ExxonMobil, Facebook, General Electric, Google, Harley-Davidson Canada, Johnson & Johnson, Lockheed Martin, MasterCard, Rio Tinto Canada, Shell, TD Bank Group, and UPS. The CABC Advisory Board is composed of the former ambassadors to Canada and the U.S., as well as the founder of the Congressional Northern Border Caucus, former U.S. Congressman John LaFalce. 8

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What We Do The CABC devotes time and resources to holding high-level briefings on issues of concern to our members in both Canada and the United States. We provide assistance to them on trade and policy challenges, offer them major networking opportunities year-round, and host informative seminars on numerous bilateral affairs all year long. We fight against trade irritants for both countries and ensure that the media is fully apprised of any issues or concerns in the Canada-U.S. relationship in terms of trade and commerce, bringing public scrutiny to policies that often fly under the radar and don’t benefit either country’s businesses or consumers. We fought publicly and successfully against U.S. protectionist “Buy American” measures in the aftermath of the financial downtown in 2008; we are doing so again as a new White House administration is reviving protectionist measures. The CABC is on the frontlines not just in Washington and Ottawa, but in Louisville, Silicon Valley, Calgary -- all the most bustling centers of trade and commerce in North America, fighting to ensure businesses have open marketplaces, efficient supply chains, and talent on both sides of the border, and that the Canada-U.S. relationship remains the most fully integrated trade partnership in the world. The CABC is also an unabashedly passionate cheerleader of the economic, cultural, and social ties between our two nations, and in that spirit, we work hard to build bridges and keep the lines of communication open between lawmakers and stakeholders on both sides of the border. 10

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Policy Priorities The CABC was born in 1987, amid a fierce debate on free trade between Canada and the United States, and just a year before a potential free-trade agreement -- which later morphed into the North American Free Trade Agreement -- became a controversial sovereignty issue in Canada’s 1988 federal election campaign. The CABC was pushing for freer trade and a fully integrated North American economy from our infancy; it’s been our guiding principle, and remains so today. Indeed, it’s at the heart of many of our policy priorities. 12

Regulatory Harmony: Ever since the fur trade, the economies of modern day Canada and the United States have been inexorably linked. Back then, we hunted the same wildlife, grew many of the same crops, suffered many of the same economic and environmental setbacks, forged railways through mountain ranges to open our western frontiers, travelled many of the same trading routes, traded and needed the same wares. Our founding pioneers, however, didn’t have to ensure a beaver pelt was an eighth of an inch thicker or a shade of a hue darker to sell it in various territories, states, or provinces. With the advent of government bureaucracies as both countries came of age in the 20th century, red tape and differing regulations between the United States and Canada have led to the unintended consequences of hindering the easy flow of goods and services in our integrated economy, thereby stifling competitiveness. One of the CABC’s primary missions has been to ensure both countries collaborate to reduce regulatory differences between Canada and the United States. The CABC continues to fight against regulatory disharmony, and to hold regulators’ feet to the fire to ensure they’re making genuine progress. We also push to have harmonized regulations institutionalized so that they survive successive governments. 13

Policy Priorities continued Standards Alignment: Voluntary standards are also a priority area for the CABC. Only about 10 percent of standards between Canada and the United States are currently harmonized, yet the Department of Commerce has estimated that standards conformity has an impact on more than 80 percent of global commodity trade and can cost companies billions of dollars a year. An example: Water-heater manufacturers must use 19 different testing bodies to comply with North American requirements, eating up 77 percent of their certification costs via inspections. What to do? The CABC has called for the United States and Canada to join forces to promote their mutual interests to organizations like the International Organization of Standardization and the International Electro Technical Commission, and is pushing for the creation of a North American Standards Strategy to work with internationally accepted principles of standardization. Border Cooperation: About 400,000 people cross the Canada-U.S. border each day, and so does an average of US$1.7 billion in commerce. The efficiency of our bridges and border crossings is critical to the livelihoods of millions of Canadians and Americans, not to mention integral to the unhindered flow of goods and services for all North American sectors. New pilot projects established more U.S. customs offices on the Canadian side of the border, allowing travelers to get screened more quickly and to speed through the border, breaking up the logjams that can plague cross-border travel and commerce. Improved infrastructure: Canada and the United States have deeply integrated infrastructure, and Canada is the country best-suited in terms of safety, security, and predictability to supply U.S. requirements for many resources. From the integrated electricity grid to pipelines, energy infrastructure enables economic growth. 14

Policy Priorities continued Environment: The 49th parallel separating our two countries cannot divide watersheds, rain, or air. The CABC works to ensure our shared continental ecosystem is protected via bilateral agreements on acid-rain emissions, air quality, joint watershed and waterway management, and the sustainable development of resources. In light of differing approaches to climate change policy, the strategic path forward is to develop concrete strategies that continue to bind our economies on clean energy and economic growth. This includes, for example, creating more efficient and certain processes to gain approval for cross-border connections for low carbon transmission lines. A common Canada/U.S. approach to these issues will create both economic and environmental benefits. Labor & Skills: A strong, well-trained, and adaptable workforce is critical to a strong North American economy. The CABC supports enhanced workforce skills and labor mobility between Canada and the United States. There are too many barriers preventing workers from moving with ease between the two countries. The CABC is calling for an examination of those barriers. Industry in North America is also facing a well-documented skills gap -- businesses want workers with skills they don’t have, and workers have skills that businesses don’t need. We are pushing to alleviate the issue by having various industry and education sectors work together to determine what skills need to be taught in schools, to promote efficient certification of those skills on both sides of the border, and to ensure there’s mutual recognition by both countries of the skills certification standards used in both places. 15

Policy Priorities continued Innovation: As technology and Artificial Intelligence evolve, shared values between the United States and Canada enable big advances and reward innovation. Our intellectual property regimes therefore must be equal, and of the highest quality, to encourage innovation and spur competition. The CABC advocates policies that enable and reduce the barriers to cross-border data flows and advance an innovation agenda that grows the economy of North America. High technology industries in Canada and the United States will remain competitive globally to the extent that they can innovate and apply the best trained and best educated human capital to drive new technologies; the innovation potential of each country, state, and province must be fully realized. Mutual Defense and Security: Canada and the United States have shared interests in the defense and security of North America. From policing our shared border and the Arctic, to taking part in joint operations through NORAD and NATO, our two countries have long shared a deep commitment to our mutual defense. The Permanent Joint Board on Defense is also an important tool for the armed forces in Canada and the U.S. to exchange views and share information regarding joint security. 16

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“Geography has made us neighbors. Economics has made us partners. And Those whom nature hath so joined 18

History has made us friends. necessity has made us allies. together, let no man put asunder.” —John F. Kennedy 2195

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CABC hosted former Prime Minister Paul Martin in a dialogue with Scott Reid and Heather Reisman, founder and CEO of Indigo, to promote CABC’s book, With Faith and Goodwill, which commemorates 150 years of Canada/U.S. relations. In Montreal, former Ambassador Gordon Giffin moderated a discussion between Prime Minister Jean Chrétien and President Bill Clinton, who both held office when NAFTA came into effect. The leaders discussed the benefits that NAFTA brought to their respective countries and reaffirmed the special relationship between the United States and Canada. 22

(far left ) To celebrate International Women’s Day 2018, CABC partnered with Equal Voice, a nonpartisan organization dedicated to electing more Canadian women, to host a luncheon in Toronto honoring Prime Minister Trudeau and M.P. Lisa MacLeod. (near left) Prime Minister Jean Chretien addresses CABC State of the Relationship Summit in Ottawa. (above) CABC members were invited to the South Lawn of the White House for Prime Minister Trudeau’s State Arrival hosted by President and Mrs. Obama. 23

In Dallas, CABC hosted a dialogue between Prime Minister Stephen Harper and President George W. Bush, where the two leaders discussed the future of globalization and addressed the rising tide of populism and nationalism in our increasingly interconnected world. At the Carter Center, Prime Minister Joe Clark sat down with President Jimmy Carter to reflect on their shared experiences leading their countries in the late 1970s, a time when the global energy crisis presented daunting new challenges for the North American economy. 24

In 2012, CABC hosted a dialogue with Prime Minister Stephen Harper and CABC CEO Maryscott Greenwood. 25

Event Hightlights In our efforts to promote the Canada-U.S. trade relationship, we’ve held myriad highly attended events in both the United States and Canada, and played a key planning or advisory role behind the scenes for numerous gatherings throughout both countries. 26

CABC Presidential Library Series: To commemorate Canada’s 150th year, CABC held a series of dialogues between former U.S. presidents and their Canadian counterparts to discuss the historic North American friendship, as well as the challenges and opportunities they faced together. These timely dialogues underscored the tremendous bond between the two nations that has persisted for over 150 years, as illustrated in CABC’s With Faith and Goodwill, a beautiful hardcover volume that celebrates the historic North American friendship, and tensions, with speeches and photographs. 27 27

Event Highlights continued State of the Relationship Summit. Every year for the past two decades, the CABC holds this prestigious gathering, featuring high-profile speakers who delve into numerous issues affecting the Canada-U.S. relationship and look ahead at the year to come. In 2017, the State of the Relationship Summit welcomed Kelly Craft, the United States Ambassador to Canada, and David MacNaughton, Canadian Ambassador to the United States, for their first joint public appearance, and their genuine rapport illuminated the tremendous friendship between the two nations. The 2016 summit was held in Ottawa, and focused on what Canadian and U.S. businesses could expect under a new American president in the months ahead. Speakers included Mark McKinnon of Showtime’s The Circus, former U.S. Republican Senator and Presidential candidate Rick Santorum, and Democratic presidential candidate Howard Dean. Past summits have featured legendary NBC anchorman Tom Brokaw, who in 2014 discussed the heroics in Gander, Newfoundland, after the 9/11 attacks, former Canadian prime minister Jean Chretien, and Exxon’s Rex Tillerson, former Secretary of State, who discussed the Canadian-American relationship in 2005. 28

Event Highlights continued Live Chats. The CABC’s robust social media presence includes regular live chats on Facebook and Instagram with stakeholders and government officials from both the U.S. and Canada to get their thoughts on a host of issues and current affairs. Among the many participants in 2016 were Canada’s Government House Leader Bardish Chagger, who discussed innovation, and onetime Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich, who weighed in on whether Donald Trump would really renegotiate NAFTA. If our members are keen to hear from an elected official or business leader, the CABC brings them to you via social media. 279

Event Highlights continued CABC Dialogues. In May of 2018, CABC held a roundtable at Ottawa’s National Arts Centre that focused on the policy climate for investment, both north and south of the border. The panels touched on investment issues and opportunities across multiple sectors, including healthcare, life sciences, and technology. Earlier that same month, CABC partnered with The Hill to host “NAFTA & North America: A U.S.-Canada Conversation”, where panelists discussed NAFTA negotiations in the context of the broader global landscape, policy impacts on private sector capital flows, and the relationship between the Trump and Trudeau administrations. In June 2018, CABC hosted Digital Disruption: Analog to Algorithm, a one-day conference that discussed digital infrastructure, e-commerce, digital citizenship, and digital trade. In January 2018, CABC hosted two different roundtables to discuss the bilateral economic relationship and the state of NAFTA negotiations, one with the Canadian Leader of the Official Opposition, Andrew Scheer, and one with a large US Congressional Delegation. The CABC was pleased to host a roundtable with Senator Jeanne Shaheen and U.S. Ambassador Kelly Craft in Halifax in November 2017 on the margins of the Halifax International Security Forum. 3280

Event Highlights continued Policy Field Trips. • CABC Visit to the Hudson Bay, Manitoba. In the Summer of 2018, a CABC delegation traveled to Churchill, Manitoba for an opportunity to interact with business, government, civil society, and thought leaders to learn about the issues affecting the Churchill community and the rest of the Canadian sub-Arctic. The delegation met with Premier of Manitoba Brian Pallister and several members of his cabinet, as well as Chief Arlen Dumas, and the Commander of Canadian Armed Forces Joint Task Force North, Brigadier-General Patrick Carpentier. We also held a Health Policy Roundtable with Manitoba Minister of Health Kelvin Goertzen, former Governor of Vermont Howard Dean, and IMC President Pamela Fralick. The trip included discussions on climate research at the Churchill Northern Studies Center, and we were honored to spend time with the Mayor of Churchill, Mike Spence, and the Executive Director of Churchill, Cory Young to hear firsthand of the challenges facing that community in the wake of last year’s train service suspension. 3219

Event Highlights continued • CABC Visit to Calgary, Alberta. The CABC Board of Directors traveled to Calgary for a series of government dialogues, as well as a behind-the-scenes experience at the Calgary Stampede. Events included a dialogue on the state of Canada-U.S. relations with the Honorable Gary Doer, former Canadian Ambassador to the U.S. and Premier of Manitoba, and a roundtable with several deputy ministers from the Government of Alberta. Members were also pleased to be joined for a discussion with former prime minister Stephen Harper and Kelly Craft, the U.S. Ambassador to Canada. 302

Event Highlights continued • CABC Visit to Kitimat, British Columbia. In 2017, the CABC traveled to Kitimat, British Columbia for a site visit to the Rio Tinto and Shell LNG facilities. CABC members met with the B.C. Premier John Horgan, and Green Party Leader Andrew Weaver, in Victoria. In Kitimat, CABC members were welcomed by Haisla Nation leaders at the Minette Bay Lodge. CABC members hosted a Career Opportunity Initiative at Mount Elizabeth Secondary school and participated in discussions with members of the Terrace and Kitimat Chambers of Commerce. Finally, CABC members toured Shell’s LNG Canada Project, a proposed liquified natural gas joint venture. 331

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The CABC celebrates and honors the achievements of Canadian and American businesses that work together to bring their goods and services to consumers on both sides of the border. Every year, we present our Corporate Leadership Award to a remarkable member of the Canadian-American business community. Among the winners: Alf Barrios, Chief Executive Officer of Rio Tinto Aluminum. Educated primarily in England, Alf had an illustrious career in the oil business, eventually being named President and CEO of BP Spain & Portugal, among other positions. In his capacity as head of Rio Tinto Aluminum, Alf has directed a significant investment effort into the modernization of Rio Tinto’s aluminum smelter in Kitimat, British Columbia, ensuring that their production of the vital metal has a low carbon footprint. Melinda Richter, head of JLABS at Johnson & Johnson. Born and educated in Canada, Richter heads up the company’s external research and development engine and supports the innovation community by creating capital-efficient commercialization models that give early-stage companies a big competitive advantage. Denise Morrison, chairman and CEO of Campbell Soup Company. Named the 21st Most Powerful Woman in Business by Fortune Magazine, the U.S. business leader praised Canadians during her appearance with Tom Brokaw and Gary Doer at our State of the Relationship summit in 2014, noting that many of the key members on her team were Canadian, but she had no idea when hiring or promoting them. Bea Perez, chief sustainability officer at Coca-Cola Company. An American, Perez promotes global sustainability initiatives designed to help grow Coca-Cola while making a lasting positive difference for consumers, communities, and the environment. She focuses on women’s economic empowerment, water stewardship and well-being, and directs the efforts of the Coca-Cola Foundation – the company’s global philanthropic arm. Claude Mongeau, President & CEO, CN Rail. The Montreal-born Mongeau was once named one of Canada’s Top 40 executives under 40 years of age by Financial Post Magazine. In 2005, he was selected Canada’s CFO of the Year by an independent committee of prominent Canadian business leaders. Mongeau announced his retirement last year. Lous Chenevert, Chairman & CEO, United Technologies. The Quebec-born Chenevert, who’s since retired to devote himself to his passion for yachting, was also president of Pratt & Whitney Canada and spent 14 years at General Motors. He’s now serving as an advisor in the merchant banking division at Goldman Sachs, where he targets opportunities in the aerospace and industrial sectors and advises other businesses. Michael Rapino, President & CEO, Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. The Thunder Bay, Ont., native is at the top of the world’s largest global concert-promotion company. His chops and passion have impressed no less a musical expert than U2’s Bono: “People know Michael’s reputation as a hugely-successful businessman, but see him at a show and it’s clear what drives him,” Bono said last year. “You’d think every gig is his first, he’s such a fan of live music.” 35

Awards 2017 Alf Barrios, Canadian American Business Council Chief Executive Officer of Rio Tinto Aluminum Corporate Award 2016 Chris Halyk, President of Janssen Inc. of the Canadian American Corporate Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies Leadership Award 2015 Bea Perez, Coca-Cola Company Chief Canadian American Corporate Sustainability Officer Leadership Award 2014 Denise Morrison, President and CEO of Canadian American Corporate Campbell Soup Company Leadership Award 2013 Louis Chenevert, Chairman and CEO of Canadian American Corporate United Technologies Corporation Leadership Award 2012 General Electric Aviation Project: StandardAero 2011 Michael Rapino, President and CEO of Live Nation Canadian American Corporate Leadership Award 2010 Curves International Project: 2009 Claude Mongeau, MYTRAK Health System 2008 President & CEO, CN Inaugural Canadian American Active Control Technology, Inc. Corporate Leadership Award Mesh Dynamics, Inc. Project: 2007 Westport Innovations Wireless communications Cummins Inc. system for hazardous environments 2006 Virox Technologies Inc. Project: Johnson Diversey Inc. Low emissions alternative fuel engines Project: Accelerated Hydrogen Pyroxide 36

2005 Angiotech Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Project: Boston Scientific Corporation TAXU.S. paclitaxel-eluting coronary stent system 2004 O’Dell Engineering Project: E-Z-EM Inc. Reactive Skin Decontamination Lotion (RSDL) 2003 Marinvent Corporation Project: Jeppesen Sanderson Electronic Aeronautical Navigation Charts 2002 CMC Electronics, Inc. Project: Honeywell Aerospace Electronics Systems Information Technology Training 2001 CDI Corporation Project: Canada ESI International Information Technology Training 2000 Nikolai.com Inc. Project: CBS Corporation CBC Kids Show Online 1999 Research In Motion Limited (RIM) Project: Intel Corporation Wireless Communications 1998 RADARSAT International Project: Earth Satellite Corporation Remote Sensing 1997 Conestoga Rovers Project: Occidental Chemical Environmental Remediation 1996 Wrebbit Inc. Project: Milton-Bradley Innovative 3-Dimensional Puzzles 1995 NAPA/Genuine Parts Project: UAP Inc. National Battery Recycling 37

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Melanie Aitken Board of directors Bennett Jones Lesia Babiak Andrew Lundquist Johnson & Johnson ConocoPhillips Gabe Batstone Aylin Lusi Contextere UPS Canada Andrew Black Toby Mack Association of Oil Pipe Lines Energy Equipment and Infrastructure Alliance Charles Bouchard Colin McKay Lockheed Martin Canada Google Kevin Chan Bill Miller Facebook Business Roundtable Gary Clement David Miller TD Bank CN Steve DeEyre Ed Moreland Amazon Harley-Davidson Motor Company Blair Dickerson Wendy Noss Rio Tinto Motion Picture Assocation Canada Christina Erling Peter Sheffield Barrick Gold Enbridge Hélène V. Gagnon Rick Shelby CAE Capitol Hill Consulting Group Kevin Howlett David Slack Air Canada Bombardier Thomas Huffaker Jennifer Sloan ExxonMobil MasterCard Canada Kelly Johnston Ron Soreanu Campbell Soup Company Coca-Cola Peter Jost Herb Tyson Blank Rome LLP International Council of Shopping Centers Robert Klager Cathy Worden Shell Canada Cisco Canada Alexandra Zanella Beauty Revolution 39

James J. Blanchard Advisory Board Derek Burney John de Chastelain Michael Kergin Raymond Chrétien John LaFalce Kenneth Curtis Barbara McDougall Gary Doer Frank McKenna Gordon D. Giffin Thomas M.T. Niles Allan Gotlieb Paul H. Robinson David Jacobson Peter Teeley David Wilkins Michael Wilson 40

Membership List Air Canada Enbridge Alcoa EEIA Amazon ExxonMobil Amgen Facebook Association of Canadian Ports Food & Consumer Products of Canada Association of Equipment Manufacturers General Electric Association of Oil Pipelines General Mills Bank of Montreal Google Barrick Gold Harley-Davidson Beauty Revolution Innovative Medicines Canada Bell Canada International Council of Shopping Centers Bennett Jones Johnson & Johnson Blank Rome Lockheed Martin Bombardier MasterCard Canada Borden Ladner Gervais MDA Business Roundtable Motion Picture Assocation of Canada Campbell Soup Company Pfizer Capitol Hill Group PhRMA Capitol Power Pitney Bowes Canada Trucking Alliance Privateer CIBC Purdue Pharma Canada Cisco Red Bull Chamber of Marine Commerce Rio Tinto CN Shell Canada Coca-Cola Sun Life Financial ConocoPhillips TD Bank Group Contextere Temple Scott Associates DefensePac Tensor Machinery Ltd. eBay UPS Eli Lily and Company 41

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Staff Maryscott (Scotty) Greenwood [email protected] 202-496-7157 Kyle MacDonald [email protected] 613-222-7391 Georgia Papadopoulos [email protected] 202-408-9122 Juanita Singleton [email protected] 202-408-9212 43

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