GLOBALISATION brings many challenges. It has bound us up in ever more complex relationships as laws and norms vary across the globe. These differences have become both opportunities and challenges and, to its credit, the government has strived to protect the national interest in the international system - both economic and political.

But we are a relatively small country where job and wealth creation remain a top priority. How do we then negotiate commercial opportunities, which carry with them negative consequences for the environment, for instance?