One of the things that I hope I can contribute to during this visit to Europe, is the reignition of talks that will lead to a new global trading round. It really will become a major problem because of the misconception about the impact of trade liberalisation. These sorts of issues are issues of how to make our societies fairer., of how to make globalisation work for all sections of the community. They must be addressed, but they can't be addressed successfully if we're going to collapse the whole program of economic liberalisation. We look very much to the European Union to play a constructive role in that process.
Globalisation has an enormous impact on international foreign policy issues.
You cannot nowadays, wherever you are, get away with human rights abuses without the rest of the world knowing about it. Whether they're in Kosovo, whether they're in East Timor, whether they're in chicane, or wherever it may be, you can't do it without people knowing about it. CNN, BBC World, the media are there. As a consequence of that, the broader world community, including in countries such as the European Union's members, has this material fed to them. The political consequence of that is that the international community expects action in order to address these issues.