But with the right kind of help from business links, innovation hubs, university technology transfer officers and the internet, 'the rewards can be huge'.

Negotiators are expected to work towards deals preventing deforestation and speeding up technology transfer from rich to poor countries.

Both institutions have thriving technology transfer offices helping academic research spin out into commercial enterprises.

Where are the savings, the clever combinations of infrastructure, the grids, the trading advantages, the technology transfer that will drive down costs and make money for shareholders?

It urged countries to resolve conflicts through 'the rules-based multilateral trading system', which needed to modernise 'to encompass areas such as digital services, subsidies and technology transfer'.