Broader afield, we're also witnessing conflicts brewing between big powers that haven't been seen in a very long time, and they are right on our back doorstep in the Asia-Pacific. I believe we will need to carefully manage our economic and security interests in an increasingly unstable geopolitical environment, where nationalism and protectionism seem to be growing apace. In particular, we will need to proactively advocate for the continuation of a rules-based, multilateral trading framework. It is crucial to our economic survival as a small trading nation at the bottom of the Pacific. 