Tournament: Wake | Round: 1 | Opponent: 0 | Judge:
Contention 1
Nickel prices rise because of  Indonesia
Hur et al 13 (Hur, Jae, Agnieszka Troszkiewicz, and Ichiro Suzuki. "Nickel Slump Seen Ending as China Faces Ore Import Curbs." Bloomberg.com. Bloomberg, 31 May 2012. Web. 12 Aug. 2013. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-05-30/nickel-slump-seen-ending-as-china-faces-ore-import-curbs.html)
After slumping more 

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China goes to Cuba for Cheap nickel and monopolizes
 MBD 2008 ("(AMM) US Probing Chinese Stainless For Cuban Nickel." Metal Bulletin Daily 104 (2008): 154. Business Source Complete. Web. 10 Aug. 2013. http://web.ebscohost.com.proxy2.cl.msu.edu/ehost/results?sid=4c217ce6-be73-4d41-82c1-c6b06dc378be40sessionmgr115andvid=2andhid=117andbquery=Cuban+Nickelandbdata=JmRiZ3JvdXA9MjE2MzkmdHlwZT0wJnNjb3BlPXNpdGU3d)
The U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control 

and
Cuba is key to the Chinese stainless steel boom
Hartquist 2010 (David. "Fidel, Chinese Stainless And The Biased Politics Of Nickel." American Metal Market 119.9 (2010): 61. Business Source Complete. Web. 10 Aug. 2013. http://web.ebscohost.com.proxy2.cl.msu.edu/ehost/detail?vid=4andsid=4c217ce6-be73-4d41-82c1-c6b06dc378be40sessionmgr115andhid=117andbdata=JnNjb3BlPXNpdGU3d#db=bthandAN=53128343)
Cuba is one of the world's 

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Empirically the US lobbies turn to protectionism when trade deficits occur in the steel industry
Chow 12 (Chow, Daniel1. Associate Dean, International and Graduate Programs at UMKC.  "China's Coming Trade War With The United States." UMKC Law Review 81.2 (2012): 257-275. Index to Legal Periodicals and Books Full Text (H.W. Wilson). Web. 13 Aug. 2013. http://web.ebscohost.com.proxy1.cl.msu.edu/ehost/detail?vid=8andsid=4857ee43-523c-493b-af1d-d664093576b740sessionmgr114andhid=108andbdata=JnNjb3BlPXNpdGU3d#db=lftandAN=88017682)
The rising trade deficit with 

And

Protectionism results in resource wars, biological and nuclear terrorism and Asian instability  
Panzer 8 (Michael J., Faculty – New York Institute of Finance, Financial Armageddon: Protect Your Future from Economic Collapse, p. 137-138)
The rise in isolationism and 

And

Resource wars lead to extinction
Heinberg ‘4
(Richard, journalist, teaches at the Core Faculty of New College of California, on the Board of Advisors of the Solar Living Institute and the Post Carbon Institute “Power Down”, Published by New Society Publishers, pg. 55-58)
How is the world most likely 

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Bioterror results in extinction- strong risk
Gottlieb 13
Dr. Scott, practicing physician and a Resident Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, “Ricin And The Risk Of Bioterror: Are We Prepared?” Forbes, 4/17, http://www.forbes.com/sites/scottgottlieb/2013/04/17/ricin-domestic-bioterrorism-and-the-lessons-learned-after-9-11-are-we-safer-today-than-we-were-ten-years-ago/2/
In the future, the bigger threat may 

And

Nuclear terrorism will cause extinction
Sid-Ahmed, 4 (Mohamed, Managing Editor for Al-Ahali, “Extinction!” August 26-September 1, Issue no. 705, http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2004/705/op5.htm)
A nuclear attack by terrorists 

Contention 2
Nickel production back on track in Moa after Sandy
Reuters 2012. ("Cuba Says Hurricane-damaged Nickel Plant Now Fixed." Cuba Says Hurricane-damaged Nickel Plant Now Fixed (2012): 1. Rpt. in Mineweb.com. N.p.: MINEWEB, 2012. Web.)
A Cuban nickel plant damaged 

And

Investment underway to increase Nickel production
Sherritt 12. ("Sherritt International Corporation 2012 Annual Report." Sherritt.com. N.p., 2012. Web. http://www.sherritt.com/getattachment/7a7b0634-0dd4-46c4-bcda-19d73042fa9c/2012-Annual-Report.0
The Moa Joint Venture 

And

Mining creates Environmental problems in Moa- satellites necessary
Eudel Cepero 2008 (District GIS Coordinator at Florida Department of Transportation Environmental Specialist III at Florida Department of Transportation District Six, Lecturer Department of Geography and at University of Miami, Master of Arts in Liberal Studies Associate Faculty Instructor at Corinthian Colleges, Adjunct Faculty Instructor at Miami Dade College. Former Consultant at Geoidea Inc, Research Analyst at Applied Research Center at Florida International University, Environmental Consulting Associate at School of Architecture, Florida International University, Environmental Assessment Coordinator at Hemispheric Center for Environmental Technology. “THE DIRTY SIDE OF MOA NICKEL: A CRITICAL VIEW FROM SPACE” 2008. http://www.ascecuba.org/publications/proceedings/volume18/pdfs/cepero.pdf)
Some 576 hectares of land 

Nickel Mining producing vast amounts of pollution
Juan Carlos Chavez 2008 (Juan Carlos Chavez is a writer for the El Nuevo Herald in Miami a Spanish speaking newspaper that specializes in coverage of the Caribbean and Latin America. “Nickel Industry Contaminating Cuban Coasts” 7th August 2008. http://www.minesandcommunities.org/article.php?a=8768)
At least 1,350 hectares 

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Biodiversity in specific hotspots checks extinction. 

Mittermeier ‘11
(et al, Dr. Russell Alan Mittermeier is a primatologist, herpetologist and biological anthropologist. He holds Ph.D. from Harvard in Biological Anthropology and serves as an Adjunct Professor at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. He has conducted fieldwork for over 30 years on three continents and in more than 20 countries in mainly tropical locations. He is the President of Conservation International and he is considered an expert on biological diversity. Mittermeier has formally discovered several monkey species. From Chapter One of the book Biodiversity Hotspots – F.E. Zachos and J.C. Habel (eds.), DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-20992-5_1, # Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2011. This evidence also internally references Norman Myers, a very famous British environmentalist specialising in biodiversity. available at: http://www.academia.edu/1536096/Global_biodiversity_conservation_the_critical_role_of_hotspots)

Extinction is the gravest consequence 

And

Eastern Cuba is one of these hotspots
Cuba Headlines 12 (“Nipe-Sagua-Baracoa, an example of global biodiversity”, Cuba Headlines, March 18 2012, http://www.cubaheadlines.com/2012/03/18/34854/nipe_sagua_baracoa_an_example_of_global_biodiversity.html)//CB

One of the 34 regions 

And

Water Temperature increases kill corals
Archer 7 (David Archer, Professor of Geophysical Sciences at the University of Chicago, “Global Warming: Understanding the Forecast.” p. 162-163)
In addition to all of these struggles, 

And

Coral reefs on the brink
Lynas 7 (Mark, advisor on climate change to the President of the Maldives, Educational focus on Politics and History, Six Degrees, pg. 50)
In any case, very few 

And

Coral reef systems key to human survival
Green Reefs, 12 – Green Reefs environmental magazine (“About Us; Who Are We?” 4/22/12, http://green-reefs.com/GreenReefAboutUs.html, JPL)
 Here at Green Reefs we are dedicated to

Plan
the United States Federal Government should lift restrictions that preclude firms from investing, mining, importing, transporting, monitoring, or coordinating on engineering and safety protocols with the Republic of Cuba as they pertain to nickel mining.  

Contention 3

Coop solves environment
Conell 2009 (Christina Conell is a program analyst for the USDA, formerly a research associate for the Council of Hemispheric affairs  at the University of Virginia. “The U.S. and Cuba: an Environmental Duo?” 15 June 2009, 12:56 pm. http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0906/S00198.htm)
An environmental partnership

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US Satellites solve outbreaks and environmental monitoring
Pellerin 2007 (Cheryl Pellerin, Science journalist writing for the Department of State. “U.S. Satellite Images of Earth Help Countries Worldwide” April 10 2007. http://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/?p=830.)
Landsat data are used in various 

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Plan solves Keeps America in Stainless market, and Firms say yes and are pushing now.
Guzzo 10 (Maria Guzzo, Reporter For American Metal Market. “(AMM) Tighter enforcement sought by SSINA on Cuban nickel imported via China” Metal Bulletin Daily Alerts May 14, 2010. http://www.lexisnexis.com.proxy2.cl.msu.edu/hottopics/lnacademic/)
While the Specialty Steel Industry of North America 

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Castro says yes- Grand design of Cuban Economy
Font 06 (Mauricio A. Font, Professor of Sociology, The Graduate Center and Queens College, City University of New York Director, Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies. “CUBA: In Transition? Pathways to Renewal, Long-Term Development and Global Reintegration” 2006. http://dataspace.princeton.edu/jspui/bitstream/88435/dsp014j03cz69t/1/cubaintransitionbookcomplete.pdf#page=11)

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Asian Instability results in Nuclear war
Landy 2000 Jonathon , National Security and International Correspondent Knight Ridder, March 10

Few if any experts think China

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Plan: the United States Federal Government should lift restrictions that preclude the United States from investing, mining, importing, transporting, monitoring, or coordinating on engineering and safety protocols with the Republic of Cuba as they pertain to nickel mining.

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