Regulatory shifts that seek to enforce market practices to align with government policy priorities and choices.
Regulation abounds in many free market economies in order to establish and maintain prudent market and key industry regulation, including controls over the extent and form of any foreign investment. Governments may need to consider changes to existing regulatory frameworks following shifts in investment and asset ownership approaches (for example, emerging from certain developing world economies).
Regulation may also be an appropriate tool when addressing issues that are complex (e.g. resulting from the interplay of multiple trends) or life-threatening, thus demanding stronger responses to protect the interests of their citizenry.
For example, future regulation may be essential to protect against foreign sovereign states that target the food producing or energy and resource assets of countries via direct asset ownership as a first-line strategy to secure food and/or energy supply chains.