1AC Venezuela BIT 1NC Agreement CP PTX T Imperialism 2NR CP PTX
Stanford
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Opponent: Sam Barlow BG | Judge:
1AC Fair Trade Agreement wMexico 1NC Iran PTX Imperialism T-qpq Canada Free Trade Bad 2NR Free Trade Bad
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Agreement CP
Tournament: Glenbrooks | Round: 3 | Opponent: Westminster HL | Judge: Lincoln Garrett Plan: The United States federal government should negotiate a mediation-inclusive Congressional-Executive Agreement regarding Bilateral Investment with Venezuela. The counterplan is procedurally distinct from the plan and incurs comparatively fewer political opportunity costs – data prove *Also appropriate for trade issues Kelley and Pevehouse, 10 Judith, Kevin D. Gorter Professor of Public Policy and Political Science at Duke, Jon, Department of Political Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 11/6, Accessed on 11/19/13, http://ipc.umich.edu/pevehouse-paper-10-10-12.pdf, “An opportunity cost theory of US treaty behavior*” | ADM
11/23/13
Canada CP
Tournament: Glenbrooks | Round: 1 | Opponent: HoFlo DM | Judge: Canada should develop cross-border and interconnected grid, transmission, and distribution infrastructure with Mexico. Canada solves- best suited to engage Latin America Jeffs 12(Jennifer Jeffs, President of the Canadian International Council a non-partisan, membership-based research council focused on international affairs, Ph.D. in International Political Economy (IPE) from the University of Toronto, “Latin America: Land of Opportunity”, Canada International Council, March 22 2012, http://opencanada.org/features/blogs/dispatch/latin-america-land-of-opportunity/,PS) Chris Sabatini’s piece in the current edition of Foreign Affairs points out that the U.S. narrative on Latin America seems stuck in a 1980s time capsule. His assertion that ... engaging with Latin America in a spectrum of areas that the U.S. and China have largely neglected.
11/23/13
China SOI DA
Tournament: Greenhill | Round: 1 | Opponent: Alpharetta HM | Judge: Yao-yao Chen China’s moving fast in Latin America- domestic and ideological problems hamstring US action Regenstreif 6/12, (Gary: Editor at Large at Reuters, Special projects. Quoting Eric Farnsworth: vice president of the Council of the Americas and Americas Society, an international forum on social development and open markets, 2013,“The looming U.S.-China rivalry over Latin America” http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/2013/06/12/the-looming-u-s-china-rivalry-over-latin-america/) U.S. is losing influence to China because of the Cuban embargo – 2012 summit proves Cawthorne and Ellsworth, 12 (Andrew, British journalist who has worked for Reuters since 1992 on various assignments in Latin America, Africa, Europe and the Middle East, Brian, Personal Property lawyer at Alston and Bird LLP, “Latin America rebels against Obama over Cuba,” Reuters, Sun Apr 15, 2012 10:13pm, Online, http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/16/us-americas-summit-idUSBRE83D0E220120416, accessed 7/18/13) PE Chinese engagement in Latin America is key to Chinese soft power- provides a basis of understanding between countries. Ellis 2008 (Dr. R. Evan Ellis is a professor of national security studies, modeling, gaming, and simulation with the Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies, with a research focus on Latin America’s relationships with external actors, including China, Russia, and Iran.” Chinese Soft Power in Latin America: A Case Study” http://www.ndu.edu/press/chinese-soft-power-latin-america.html- SJH Chinese Sphere of Influence is key to aerospace, biotech, and nuclear power. Wise 09 (Carol, Associate Professor of International Relations at the University of Southern California, 2009, “China in Latin America: The Whats and Wherefores,” http://es.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2013/02/19/es.kht015.full)//DR. H Weak Chinese aerospace industry increases their use of ballistic missiles. Stokes 10 - Executive Director of the Project 2049 Institute., 20-year U.S. Air Force veteran (Mark, May 20, “China’s Emergent Military Aerospace and Commercial Aviation Capabilities” US China Economic and Review Commission)DR. H That causes nuclear war. Stokes 10 - Executive Director of the Project 2049 Institute., 20-year U.S. Air Force veteran (Mark, May 20, “China’s Emergent Military Aerospace and Commercial Aviation Capabilities” US China Economic and Review Commission)DR. H
11/17/13
Debt ceiling da
Tournament: Greenhill | Round: 1 | Opponent: Alpharetta HM | Judge: Yao-yao Chen A. Congress will raise the debt ceiling now – but it’ll be a tough fight The Detriot News 9/19/13 (Dale McFeatters, "Another Debt Ceiling Debate?") B. Political capital is key to get the job done Blake 9/18/13 (Aaron, Covers National Politics for the Washington Post, The Washington Post, Post Politics, Carney Assures That Obama 'Has Twisted Arms') Expanding Duban Ag drains PC – supremely unpopular Our Lobby, campaign contributions, GOP, Dem Unity, Filibuster, Committee, Menendez and Reid links outweigh every possible turn LeoGrande, 12 William M. LeoGrande School of Public Affairs American University, Professor of Government and a specialist in Latin American politics and U.S. foreign policy toward Latin America, Professor LeoGrande has been a frequent adviser to government and private sector agencies, 12/18/12, http://www.american.edu/clals/upload/LeoGrande-Fresh-Start.pdf Failure to raise the debt ceiling has economic ripple effects – investor uncertainty Masters 13 (Jonathan, Deputy Editor at the Council on Foreign Relations, Backgrounder, jan 2 2013"US Debt Ceiling. Costs and Consequences") Extinction Austin ‘09 (Michael, Resident Scholar – American Enterprise Institute, and Desmond Lachman, Resident Fellow – American Enterprise Institute, “The Global Economy Unravels”, Forbes, 3-6, http://www.aei.org/article/100187)
11/17/13
Free Trade Bad
Tournament: Stanford | Round: 1 | Opponent: Sam Barlow BG | Judge: US protectionist policies now- growing trading partners prove free trade decreasing Marantis 13, Ambassador of the Office of the United States Trade Representative, 2013 (Demetrios, “2013 National Trade Estimate Report on Foreign Trade Barriers”, Office of the United States Trade Representative, March, http://www.ustr.gov/sites/default/files/201320NTE.pdf, accessed on 7/6/13, BT)4 Engagement with Mexico results in bargaining power which advances free trade Pastor and Barbee, ’13 – prof @ American University and U.S. trade policy researcher (Robert and Inu, “Neighbors should not be an after-thought when it comes to trade strategy”, 5/1, http://thehill.com/blogs/congresstp-blog/economy-a-budget/297253-neighbors-should-not-be-an-after-thought-when-it-comes-to-trade-strategy, CMR)
Natural resource conflict is probable because of disparities created by Free Trade Burger 2011 (Andrew Burger reports on news and events at the nexus of environment, technology, political economy and society. July 15, 2011, “Resource Conflict on the Rise: Free Trade Agreements Up for Vote” http://www.triplepundit.com/2011/07/free-trade-agreements-resource-conflic/)
Tournament: Stanford | Round: 1 | Opponent: Sam Barlow BG | Judge: The sanctions bill won’t pass now – Democrats are supporting Obama but continued capital is key to keep them aligned with the base Voice of America 1/23/14 ("Support Slipping for Iran Sanctions in US Senate") Pushing expanded free trade measures with Mexico is alienating Democrats and pro-union lobbies Perez-Rocha 12 (Manuel Pérez Rocha is an associate fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington D.C, “Don't Expand NAFTA”, July 26th, 2012, http://www.fpif.org/articles/dont_expand_nafta) Causes Israel strikes Jon Perr 12/24/13, B.A. in Political Science from Rutgers University; technology marketing consultant based in Portland, Oregon, has long been active in Democratic politics and public policy as an organizer and advisor in California and Massachusetts. His past roles include field staffer for Gary Hart for President (1984), organizer of Silicon Valley tech executives backing President Clinton's call for national education standards (1997), recruiter of tech executives for Al Gore's and John Kerry's presidential campaigns, and co-coordinator of MassTech for Robert Reich (2002). (Jon, “Senate sanctions bill could let Israel take U.S. to war against Iran” Daily Kos, http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/12/24/1265184/-Senate-sanctions-bill-could-let-Israel-take-U-S-to-war-against-Iran# Israeli strikes cause global great power war Rafael Reuveny 10, PhD, Professor in the School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University, "Unilateral Strike on Iran could trigger world Depression", Op-ed distributed through McClatchy Newspaper Co, http://www.indiana.edu/~spea/news/speaking_out/reuveny_on_unilateral_strike_Iran.shtml
2/16/14
T - QPQ
Tournament: Stanford | Round: 1 | Opponent: Sam Barlow BG | Judge: A. Violation - Engagement towards a government must be conditional, the plan isn’t Haass and O’Sullivan, 2k - *Vice President and Director of Foreign Policy Studies at the Brookings Institution AND a Fellow with the Foreign Policy Studies Program at the Brookings Institution (Richard and Meghan, “Terms of Engagement: Alternatives to Punitive Policies” Survival vol. 42, no. 2, Summer 2000, http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/research/files/articles/2000/6/summer20haass/2000survival.pdf
2/16/14
imperialism k
Tournament: Greenhill | Round: 1 | Opponent: Alpharetta HM | Judge: Yao-yao Chen Their construction of Cuba is necessarily intertwined with imperialism Perez, ‘8 Prof of History at UNC (Louis A Perez, 2008, “Cuba in the American Imagination: Metaphor and the Imperial Ethos”)CC And, unchecked imperialism expansions promotes inequality and risks extinction Nhanenge 7 Jytte Masters @ U South Africa, “ECOFEMINSM: TOWARDS INTEGRATING THE CONCERNS OF WOMEN, POOR PEOPLE AND NATURE INTO DEVELOPMENT that domination provides a staging ground for remilitarization of empire – turns case and causes unending war Grandin, ‘6 professor of history at New York University (Greg Grandin, 2006, “Empires Workshop: Latin America, The United States, and the Rise of the New Imperialism”)CC the alternative is latin americanism – reject the affirmative’s faulty knowledge production – this embrace of partisan knowledge production is the only way to combat the system and avoid cooption Lewis, ‘4 Professor and Collegiate Fellow in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at the University of Iowa (Tom Lewis, 2004, “Latin Americanism and Imperialism after 9/11”)CC