1NC Patent Reform DA Mexico Politics DA T-Gov to Gov Corporate Tax Cuts and Renewables CP Shunning Japan Econ Turn Warming Link Turns Case
2NC Counterplan Japan Econ Turns Water Wars Link Turn (Add-on) Case
1NR Mexico Politics
2NR CP Mexico Politics Case
GMNDC
4
Opponent: GBN CT | Judge: Tang
1AC - Cuba Nickel -Steel -Alloys with new Hybrids impact
1NC -Domestic CP -Iran DA -T-Must be Conditional -Shunning -Japan Econ Turn on Case -China Relations DA on Case -China Econ DA on Case -Hybrids Bad on Case -China Clean Tech DA on case
2NC -China Relations DA -Domestic CP 1NR -Japan Econ Turn -China Clean Tech DA
2NR -Japan Econ Turn
GMNDC
6
Opponent: WDM DR | Judge:
1ac mexico sex trafficking
1nc -trafficking word pic -fernando k -t-ee -neolib good on case
2nc -t-ee -word pic
1nr -fernando k
2nr -k
GMNDC
Quarters
Opponent: CR Wash | Judge: Panel
1ac peso
1nc -shunning -pemex da -bank of japan cp -patent reform da -t-usfg -neolib k
2nc -neolib -cp
1nr -pemex da
2nr -cp -pemex da
GMNDC
Semis
Opponent: GBS OS | Judge: Panel
1ac embargo
1nc -brazil sugar -patent reform da -t-must be conditional -multilat adv cp -neolib k -case turns
2nc -case turns -t
1nr -brazil da
2nr -brazil da
GMNDC
Finals
Opponent: GBS CR | Judge: Panel
1ac Mexican ag
1nc Froman TPP DA Pivot to Asia DA Patent Reform DA US End Subsidies CP Mexico G20 CP T-Increase Shunning China soft power on Case Mexico Protectionism DA on case
2nc Mexico G20 CP Mexico Protectionism DA
1NR Froman DA Pivot DA
2NR Asia Pivot DA
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Asia Pivot DA
Tournament: GMNDC | Round: Finals | Opponent: GBS CR | Judge: Panel Unique Link--Obama’s refocusing on the Pivot now but any distraction in focus this month triggers the link—your evidence is too old McManus 3/30/14 (Doyle, Journalist for the LA Times “Chuck Hagel: The Asia pivot is still on” March 30, 2014 http://www.latimes.com/opinion/commentary/la-oe-mcmanus-column-hagel-asia-20140330,0,3104322.column#ixzz2xtGyKvgm)kyan Russian troops are massing menacingly on Ukraine's …. from its focus on the Pacific by hard-power crises in Ukraine or anywhere else.
aff undermines the Asia pivot – regions trade off Mark Manyin et al, 5/28/12, Congressional Research Service, "pivot to the pacific? the obama administration's 'rebalancing' towards asia," http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/natsec/R42448.pdf Increasing the relative …. as time goes on.
Asia pivot key to assure allies and prevent adventurism and allied prolif Greitens 13 Sheena Chestnut Greitens, “U.S.-China Relations and America’s Alliances in Asia” june-13, http://www.brookings.edu/research/opinions/2013/06/11-us-china-relations-asia-alliances-greitens/ cmf Less fear and more trust are indeed likely to contribute to a constructive U.S.-China relationship. But the principal foreign policy challenge facing the United ….for years to come.
Allied prolif causes nuclear war Lee 93 Steven Lee, Professor, Ethics, Hobart and Smith College, Morality, Prudence, and Nuclear Weapons, 1993, p. 299. First, nuclear war …. more likely that it was prior to the nation's unilateral nuclear disarmament.
4/6/14
Bank of Japan CP
Tournament: GMNDC | Round: Quarters | Opponent: CR Wash | Judge: Panel TEXT: The Bank Of Japan should substantially increase its economic engagement toward Mexico by creating, expanding, and making semi-permanent a currency swap agreement with the Banco de México.
Bank of Japan solves case—it can buy foreign bonds Nakamichi 12 (Takashi, staff writer at the WSJ “ BOJ Under Pressure To Buy Foreign Bonds”)kyan The ruling Democratic Party of Japan has …. a wider range of assets, including foreign bonds.
4/5/14
Brazil Sugar DA
Tournament: GMNDC | Round: Semis | Opponent: GBS OS | Judge: Panel Unique link -- US sugar imports from Brazil growing, but lifting the embargo crowds them out Pinon 4 (http://www6.miami.edu/iccas/Exploration.pdf, Institute for Cuban and ¶ Cuban-American Studies ¶ Occasional Paper Series¶ March 2004, “CUBA’S ENERGY CHALLENGE: ¶ Fueling the Engine of ¶ Future Economic Growth “¶ By Jorge R. Piñón) Ethanol (ethyl/grain ….. enhancers, such as benzene, toluene, and ¶ xylene.
Collapse emboldens Brazilian hardliners Millett 02 PhD, Senior Fellow at the North-South Center, Oppenheimer Chair of Modern Warfighting Strategy at the U.S. Marine Corps University, Professor Emeritus of History at Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville (Richard L. Millet Oct. 2002 Strategic Studies Institute, Colombia's Conflicts: The Spillover Effects of a Wider War) KY While the spillover …..obstacles which will be difficult to overcome.
nuclear war Schulz, 2k Ph.D., Chair of Political Science at Cleveland State U., fmr. Research Professor of National Security at the Strategic Studies Institute of the US Army College, (Donald E. Schulz, March 2k. Strategic Studies Institute, The United States and Latin America: Shaping an Elusive Future) KY Until recently, the p…. an angry response from many high-ranking Brazilian officers. 57
Unique link turn - Chinese alternative energy development is a zero sum game with U.S. THEIR AUTHOR McMahon, 1/27/13 (Tamsin, Diploma in European Journalism from the Hogeschool van Utrecht, B.A. from Ryerson University, reporter for the National Post, “How China is going to save the world”, MacLean’s, January 27, 2013, http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/27/business/, JKahn) Last week the U.S. Embassy in Beijing upgraded its official ….. with images of windmills and solar farms anytime soon. Hanson says the expectation is that it will take China until 2030, another 17 years, to get a handle on its pollution problem. Still, those stresses will bring more opportunities for green energy companies both in China and abroad, adds Hanson. That’s perhaps not too reassuring if you live in “Greyjing” today, but for the rest of the world, a breath of fresh air.
Chinese emissions alone are sufficient to cause extinction John Copeland Nagle 11, the John N. Matthews Professor, Notre Dame Law School, Spring 2011, “How Much Should China Pollute?,” Vermont Journal of Environmental Law, 12 Vt. J. Envtl. L. 591 Third, the rest of the world ..will determine whether humanity thrives or perishes.”
Tournament: GMNDC | Round: 4 | Opponent: GBN CT | Judge: Tang China Relations turn Unique link -- new US resource involvement in cuba kills relations and cooperation Farnsworth et al 12 (“Memo to Washington: China's Growing Presence in Latin America”, ERIC FARNSWORTH, is vice-president of the Council of the Americas in WashingtonDC and from 1995 to 1998 was senior adviser to the White House special envoy for the Americas., published in quarterly Americas, 1. R. Evan Ellis, “China-Latin America Military Engagement: Good Will, Good Business, and Strategic Position,” Strategic Studies Institute, August 2011.¶ 2. Eric Farnsworth, “The New Mercantilism: China in the Americas,” Current History, February 2011, 56-61.¶ 3. See for example, Hillary Clinton, “Opportunity in the Americas,” Quito, Ecuador, June 8, 2010. See also, Christopher Sabatini, "Rethinking Latin America: Foreign Policy Is More Than Development," Foreign Affairs, March/April 2012. (Forthcoming)¶ 4. Moises Naim, “Does the Obama Administration have a foreign policy for Latin America?” Americas Quarterly, Winter 2011.¶ 5. See for example, Moises Naim, “Roque Aid,” Foreign Policy, March 1, 2007.¶ 6. Christopher Sabatini, "Rethinking Latin America: Foreign Policy Is More Than Development," Foreign Affairs, March/April 2012. (Forthcoming), JANUARY 25 2012)KTrepka ¶ What is China doing …. through the same geostrategic lens with which it views the rest of the world.
That’s key to solve every global impact Cohen 2009 - former U.S. secretary of defense Maurice R. Greenberg is chairman and CEO of C.V. Starr and Co., Inc. “Smart Power in U.S.-China Relations,” pg online @ http://csis.org/files/media/csis/pubs/090309_mcgiffert_uschinasmartpower_web.pdf The evolution of Sino-U.S. …. their cooperation. U.S.-China partnership, though not inevitable, is indispensable.
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China Soft Power DA
Tournament: GMNDC | Round: Finals | Opponent: GBS CR | Judge: Panel Unique link—Chinese soft power high now but the perception of the US increasing economic engagement with Latin America destroys Chinese influence Ellis ‘11 R. Evan. Assistant Professor of National Security Studies in the Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies at the National Defense University. “Chinese Soft Power in Latin America: A Case Study” Joint Force Quarterly, Vol 60. 2011. http://www.ndu.edu/press/chinese-soft-power-latin-america.html The concept of soft power …. the business community, students and youth, and the general population.
Chinese soft power solves multiple scenarios for extinction—it’s reverse causual Zhang ‘12 Prof of Diplomacy and IR at the Geneva School of Diplomacy. “The Rise of China’s Political Softpower” 9/4/12 http://www.china.org.cn/opinion/2012-09/04/content_26421330.htm As China plays an increasingly ….. the China model improves, it will continue to surprise the world.
4/6/14
Corporate Tax Cuts and Renewables CP
Tournament: GMNDC | Round: 2 | Opponent: Niles West BB | Judge: Thomas Text: The United States federal government should --decrease its corporate income tax rate to 25 and institute corporate tax system reforms including reduction of deductions and exclusions --increase financial incentives for the use renewable energy
Corporate tax cuts solve the economy and avoid politics Hodge 11 (Scott president of the tax foundation “Ten Benefits of Cutting the U.S. Corporate Tax Rate” http://taxfoundation.org/sites/taxfoundation.org/files/docs/sr192.pdf)JC There is near unanimous …. much further behind our major trading partners.
Renewables solve warming and peak oil Bose 10 (Bimal K. Bose, The Condra Chair of Excellence in power electronics at the University of Tennessee, March 2010, “Global Warming: Energy, Environmental Pollution and the Impact of Power Electronics”, Industrial Electronics Magazine, IEEE 4.1 JG) Nuclear power is claimed …..utilization of electrical energy.
Text: The United States federal government should increase its subsidies, purchase commitments, loan guarantees, tax incentives or other government financial aid for domestic nickel mining, increase its support for research and development of substitute advanced materials, and streamline the permit process for domestic nickel mining in the United States.
Federal RandD investment in substitute materials research and assistance for domestic mining solves need for imported nickel OTA 85 (United States Office of Technology Assessment. “Strategic Materials: Technologies to Reduce U.S. Import Vulnerability” Washington, DC: U.S. Congress, Office of Technology Assessment, OTA-ITE-248, May 1985. http://govinfo.library.unt.edu/ota/Ota_4/DATA/1985/8525.PDF) There is a wide range of …. on the free market, needs to be carefully considered.
Streamlining the permit process would increase investment in domestic production and reduce U.S. dependence on nickel imports Perry 12 (Mark J. Perry is concurrently a scholar at AEI and a professor of economics and finance at the University of Michigan's Flint campus. He is best known as the creator and editor of the popular economics blog Carpe Diem. At AEI, Perry writes about economic and financial issues for American.com and the AEIdeas blog. “Dangerous dependence: US increasingly beholden to imported raw material” April 05, 2012. Detroit News. http://www.aei.org/article/energy-and-the-environment/natural-resources/dangerous-dependence-us-increasingly-beholden-to-imported-raw-material/) But there is a fly in the …. vast mineral resources.
4/5/14
Fernando K
Tournament: GMNDC | Round: 6 | Opponent: WDM DR | Judge: Textual objects have an existence of their own right and are meaningful absent interpretation – refuse the essentialzing interpretation of the 1ac Bryant 12 - Professor of Philosophy at Collin College (Levi R., Author of a number of articles on Deleuze, Badiou, Zizek, Lacan, and political theory, July 24th, 2012, http://larvalsubjects.wordpress.com/2012/07/24/radical-ethnography-or-situated-knowledge-a-response-to-a-friend/) Your tone here sounds a bit irritated…. is for another entity.
Voting aff functions as an interpretation of the 1ac speech act. When you vote aff, you have made a value judgement on the speech and thereby decided what it means – the alternative requires the destruction of the structures that allow for systems of meaning to be created – refuse to interpret the 1ac in the way that they want you to, or in any way at all Sontag 66 (Susan, Against Interpretation, http://www.uiowa.edu/~c08g001d/Sontag_AgainstInterp.pdf) The fact is, all Western ….. of it, until we again experience more immediately what we have.
SUICIDE BOMB THE 1AC – DESTROY THE MEANING OF THE TEXT Fernando 10 (Jeremy Fernando, The Suicide Bomber and her gift of death, 2010, pg 213 DA: 1/24/12) The poet, irremediably split ….. all the while out of bounds.
To call for a ballot is to breathe life into the system, a system that is dying as we speak. The interpretation of the 1AC can only serve to reify structures of meaning and valuation, only the negative can solve. To vote aff is to vote for production, prefer exhaustion. Bifo 11 – Whit Whitmore’s pen name (Franco “Bifo” Berardi, After the Future pg 106-108 (of my copy), dml) Nothing, not even the ….the common good.
4/5/14
Froman TPP DA
Tournament: GMNDC | Round: Finals | Opponent: GBS CR | Judge: Panel Froman will pass the Trans-Pacific Partnership now- it’s a fight and uninterrupted negotiations are key Sekiguchi 8/19 (Toko, reporter at the Wall Street Journal, U.S. Trade Representative Addresses Trade Conflicts With Japan Ahead Of TPP Brunei Talks, http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20130819-704151.html) Top trade negotiators for …. that includes the elimination of tariffs."
US/Japan relations solves the most likely scenario for nuclear war Nye et al., Former Deputy Secretary of State, 2K Joseph S. Nye, Professor @ The John F. Kennedy School of Government @ Harvard University, Former Deputy Secretary of State, Former Assistant Secretary of Defense, Richard L. Armitage, Former Deputy Secretary of State, Michael J. Green, Advisor and Japan Chair @ The Center for Strategic and International Studies, Associate Professor @ The Walsh School of Foreign Service, Kurt M. Campbell, Fellow @ The Center for Strategic and International Studies, Frank Jannuzi, Minority Staff Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Edward J. Lincoln, Fellow @ The Brookings Institution, “The United States and Japan: Advancing Toward a Mature Partnership,” The Institute for National Strategic Studies, October 11th 2000, http://homepage2.nifty.com/moru/lib/nichibei-anpo/pdf/INSS20Special20Report.pdf Asia, in the throes of …. to the Persian Gulf.
PC is holding off new sanctions but pressure is growing – kills successful negotiations Glass 3/25 (As Iran Nuclear Negotiations Begin, Threat of Increased Sanctions Looms Large¶ Posted: 03/25/2014 Jacob Glass, Truman-Albright Fellow, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jacob-glass/as-iran-nuclear-negotiati_b_5024604.html) ¶ Last week Iran …. job by bringing Iran to the table. In return, Iran expects to be rewarded with sanctions relief. The passage of new trade restrictions would effectively withdraw the carrot, and hit Iran with another stick. Consider the negotiations over.
Anything positive action toward Cuba links Ayuso and Risco, 13 – are writers for the Havana Times (Silvia and Isaac, “Cuba/USA to Resume Immigration Talks”, June 20, 2013, http://www.havanatimes.org/?p=94992) The remark …. the legislator stated.
Negotiations failure triggers military strikes and regional proliferation-causes escalatory wars and collapses the economy. Cordesman, CSIS, 2013 (Anthony, “Negotiating with Iran: The Strategic Case for Pragmatism and Real Progress”, 9-23, http://csis.org/publication/negotiating-iran-strategic-case-pragmatism-and-real-progress, ldg) Nevertheless, it makes ….in the flow of Gulf petroleum exports.
offshoring good – costs savings and innovation – solves the impacts better Ottavanio, Peri, and Wright 12 (Gianmarco, Giovanni, and Greg C., Centre for Economic Performance, Economic and Social Research Council, The London School of Economics and Political Science, May 2012, “Immigration, Offshoring and American Jobs,” http://cep.lse.ac.uk/pubs/download/dp1147.pdf, alp) The relocation of …. employment growth.
Asian and Japanese manufacturing is growing now but on the brink – sustained external demand is key to uphold economic growth Wassener 11/1/13 (Asian Economies Strengthen as Demand for Exports Grows November 1, 2013 http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/02/business/international/asian-economies-strengthen-as-demand-for-exports-grows.html?_r=0 BETTINA WASSENER, Asian economics and business reporter for the New York Times, published in New York Times online)trepka ¶ HONG KONG — The ….herald a sustained or sharp reacceleration in the region.
Asian economic decline causes extinction Auslin 9 – resident scholar at AEI (Michael “Averting Disaster”, The Daily Standard, 2/6, http://www.aei.org/article/100044 As they deal with a collapsing world economy, policymakers in Washington and around the globe must not forget …. that have destroyed international systems in the past
Independently, Japanese economy is key to the global economy and solves Chinese nuclear conflict The Guardian, 02 (“Defenseless Japan Awaits Typhoon,” pg online @ lexis ag) Even so, the west….neighbour.
4/4/14
Mexico G20 CP
Tournament: GMNDC | Round: Finals | Opponent: GBS CR | Judge: Panel The federal government of Mexico should propose to the members of the G20 to: --significantly invest in small-scale agriculture, with an emphasis on agro-ecological models -- eliminate targets, mandates and financial incentives that encourage the expansion of unsustainable industrial agriculture. The federal government of Mexico should fully implement these policies.
Solves and US will say yes AAI 12 (ActionAid International USA Report “Biofueling Hunger: How uS Corn ethanol Policy Drives up food Prices in Mexico”, May 2012)kyan Mexico should lead this …. greater amounts of ethanol with gas.
4/6/14
Mexico Politics DA
Tournament: GMNDC | Round: 2 | Opponent: Niles West BB | Judge: Thomas Secondary legislation for Mexican energy reform is coming now – that’s key to implementation – Nieto cred is key Garza 12/20/13 (Antonio Garza is a former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico. Ambassador Garza is Counsel in the Mexico City office of White and Case and serves as chairman of Vianovo Ventures, “Mexican energy reforms set stage for investment” http://www.mysanantonio.com/opinion/commentary/article/Mexican-energy-reforms-set-stage-for-investment-5082610.php) Mexico took a giant leap …a potential complication.
any new US engagement derails energy reforms—prefer only contextual evidence Negroponte 11/20 (Diana Villiers Negroponte, a nonresident senior fellow with the Latin America Initiative under Foreign Policy at Brookings, Formerly a professor of history, “Mexico’s Most Critical Challenge: Energy Reform” November 20, 2013 http://www.brookings.edu/research/opinions/2013/11/20-questions-about-energy-reform-mexico-negroponte)//kyan Meantime, …. Mexico’s energy sector.
Chinese instability goes nuclear Yee 2, Associate Professor of Government @ Hong Kong Baptist University, and Storey, Asian-Pacific Center for Security Studies, ‘2 (Herbert and Ian, China Threat: Perception, Myths, and Reality, p. 5) The fourth factor…. and the world.
Tournament: GMNDC | Round: Semis | Opponent: GBS OS | Judge: Panel Text: The United States federal government should --yield its demand for strident intellectual property rights enforcement in the Free Trade Agreement of the Americas --reduce its military operations in Colombia --join the International Criminal Court --ratify the Convention on the Rights of the Child --join the Kyoto Protocol --support India’s membership in the United Nations Security Council --support India’s entry into the World Trade Organization
CP solves multilat Burgsdorff, 9– Ph. D in Political Science from Freiburg University, EU Fellow at the University of Miami (Sven Kühn von, “Problems and Opportunities for the Incoming Obama Administration”, http://aei.pitt.edu.proxy.lib.umich.edu/11047/1/vonBurgsdorfUSvsCubalong09edi.pdf)//NG As a matter of fact, …. by the international community as steps towards effective multilateralism.
Your 1ac author says that’s key to effective multilateralism Grandin 10 – teaches history at New York University and is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (Greg, “Empire's Senescence: U.S. Policy in Latin America,” New Labor Forum, 19:1, Winter 2010, pg. 14-23)SJF Here’s what such a policy could look like: …. from Venezuela and toward the United States.
Inviting India to the WTO solves – your author Kugler, 6– Professor of World Politics at Claremont Graduate University (Jacek, “The Asian Ascent: Opportunity for Peace or Precondition for War?”, http://sobek.colorado.edu/~lewiso/Kugler20-20The20Asian20Ascent.pdf)//NG ¶ Given the …. also be bene?cial.
Bioterror is inevitable, possible, probable and worse than nuclear war—advances in biotech key to solve Maurer 7 Stephen M. Maurer, J.D. Director of the Goldman School Project at the University of California, Berkeley on Information Technology and Homeland Security LIFEBOAT FOUNDATION BIOSHIELD HTTP://LIFEBOAT.COM/EX/BIO.SHIELD 2007 The new realities …... Time is running out.
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Neolib K
Tournament: GMNDC | Round: Quarters | Opponent: CR Wash | Judge: Panel US economic engagement is leveraged to re-establish the neoliberal hegemony – Latin American economies should be allowed to de-link from the US model Harris 8 (Richard L Harris: Professor of Global Studies at California State University, Monterey Bay; Managing Editor of the Journal of Developing Societies (SAGE India); and Coordi nating Editor of Latin American Perspectives (SAGE USA). “Latin America’s Response to Neoliberalism and Globalization,” http://www.nuso.org/upload/articulos/3506_2.pdf) Washington’s neoliberal ….of uneven and inequitable development that has pillaged most of the region.
Unchallenged, neoliberalism results in ontological closure that ensures disposability and global annihilation - Santos, 3 Boaventura de Sousa Santos is a leading Portuguese social theorist, the director of the Center for Social Studies at the University of Coimbra, and has written and published widely on the issue of globalization. “Collective Suicide?” Bad Subjects. Issue 63. April 2003. http://bad.eserver.org/issues/2003/63/santos.html In its sacrificial genocide version, neoliberalism is a mixture…the concrete resistance to the actual human suffering imposed by the real axis of evil: neoliberalism plus war.
Vote negative: Latin American experiments are creating counter-hegemony to neoliberal politics - our local resistance works in tandem to create multiple points of rupture Peck et al 2010 Peck, J. Department of Geography, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, Theodore, N. Urban Planning and Policy Program, University of Illinois at Chicago and Brenner, N. (2010), Department of Sociology, New York University. Postneoliberalism and its Malcontents. Antipode, 41: 94–116. All of this begs the question of what it will take truly to escape the “neoliberal mind-map”. On their own, crisis conditions will never be enough, not least because the tools of neoliberal governance were forged in, and for, precisely such conditions, and because the project of market rule has been periodically rejuvenated and …. hegemonic instability (Sader 2009).
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Patent Reform DA
Tournament: GMNDC | Round: 2 | Opponent: Niles West BB | Judge: Thomas Patent reform will pass but it’s close Council 3/31 (Bipartisan Votes Help Fifth Circuit Hopeful Gregg Costa, Patent Reform¶ http://www.texaslawyer.com/home/id=1202648731388 John Council, Texas Lawyer¶ March 31, 2014 ¶ ¶ While Republican and ….pleading requirements, to making sure the bad actors pay."
Engaging Mexico is politically divisive Wilson 13 Christopher E., Associate at the Mexico Institute of the Woodrow Wilson International. Center for Scholars , January, “A U.S.-Mexico Economic Alliance: Policy Options for a Competitive Region,” http://www.wilsoncenter.org/sites/default/files/new_ideas_us_mexico_relations.pdf At a time when Mexico … than it ought to be.
Tournament: GMNDC | Round: 2 | Opponent: Niles West BB | Judge: Thomas Mexico violates human rights --- shunning them is an a-priori reason to vote negative Beversluis, 89 (Eric H. April 1989. “On Shunning Undesirable Regimes: Ethics and Economic Sanctions.” Public Affairs Quarterly, April, vol. 3, no. 2) A fundamental task…. been made "unclean," as ancient communities might have put it.
4/4/14
T-EE
Tournament: GMNDC | Round: 6 | Opponent: WDM DR | Judge: Economic engagement is investment, exports, lifting sanctions, and entry into economic institutions 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
Prefer Predictable limits—the resolution is the stasis point for both aff and neg ground—having some basis is a pre-requisite to competitive equity, clash, and in depth debate—elminating the word economic engagement makes it impossible to be neg
It’s also the MOST fair and equitable starting point Galloway 2007 (Ryan Galloway, Samford Debate Coach, Professor of Communication Studies at Samford, Contemporary Argumentation and Debate, Vol. 28, 2007, LEQ) First, teams have …. of a demand to be heard.
Turns exclusion – unlimited topics make it harder for small schools like us to keep up with big schools on research burdens. Asen 02 – Assistant Professor of Communication at the University of Wisconsin (Robert, “Imagining in the Public Sphere” Philosophy and Rhetoric, 2002, Vol. 34 Issue 4) Ebsco
Attention to imagining …. elucidating how various forums may exclude potential participants in voice, body, and imagination.
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T-Gov to Gov
Tournament: GMNDC | Round: 2 | Opponent: Niles West BB | Judge: Thomas Economic engagement must be gov to gov, not private engagement – aff’s private Daga, 13 - director of research at Politicas Publicas para la Libertad, in Bolivia, and a visiting senior policy analyst at the Heritage Foundation (Sergio, “Economics of the 2013-2014 Debate Topic:¶ U.S. Economic Engagement Toward Cuba, Mexico or Venezuela”, National Center for Policy Analysis, 5/15, http://www.ncpa.org/pdfs/Message_to_Debaters_6-7-13.pdf) Economic engagement …. with respect to some countries than to others.
That’s a voter for fairness, education, and jurisdiction – allowing private actors denies key disad links and unlimits potential affirmatives
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T-Increase
Tournament: GMNDC | Round: Finals | Opponent: GBS CR | Judge: Panel Economic engagement is aid, trade, lifting sanctions, and entry into economic institutions 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
Architects of engagement …. some of the possible incentives used in the form of engagement.
In*crease" , v. i. To become greater or ….; to augment; to advance; -- opposed to decrease.
Violation – aff decreases overall trade
That’s a voting issue – bidirectional topic explodes limits and allows any reforms, makes it impossible to be neg
4/6/14
T-Must be Conditional
Tournament: GMNDC | Round: 4 | Opponent: GBN CT | Judge: Tang T Interpretation and Violation: Engagement towards government must be conditional, 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 Many different types of …. forces that will eventually facilitate cooperation.
That’s a voter First is predictability – neg needs a stable mechanism – say no eliminates small squirrely affs
Second is Jurisdiction – can’t vote for affs outside your control
the means they have to defend the entire usfg Merriam-Webster’s, 5 (Merriam Webster’s Online Dictionary, http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary) The 4 -- used as a function …. reference to a group as a whole the elite
Severs “The United States Federal Government”-- prefer most accurate Zarlenga 08 (Stephen Zarlenga co-founder of the American Monetary Institute which promotes the independent study of monetary history and author of many books over the economy. “Is the Federal Reserve System a Governmental or a Privately controlled organization?” www.monetary.org/is-the-federal-reserve-system-a-governmental-or-a-privately-controlled-organization/2008/02)kyan We’ll examine evidence …. substantial governmental ties.
Voting issue for fairness and education – unlimits aff and kills neg ground– infinite agencies they could use, USFG is key to counterplans and disadvantage links
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Trafficking Word PIC
Tournament: GMNDC | Round: 6 | Opponent: WDM DR | Judge: Text: The Role of the Ballot is who best performatively and methodologically acknowledges forced human labor and human enslavement.
Removing the word “trafficking” from our discourse solves – refocuses us toward real reforms Kim and Chang 7 professor of law at Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, teaches Torts, Immigration Law and Human Trafficking, AND Associate Professor of Feminist Studies at University of California, Santa Barbara. (Kathleen and Grace, Loyola Law School Legal Studies Paper No. 2007-47, December 2007, "Reconceptualizing Approaches to Human Trafficking: New Directions and Perspectives from the Field(s)," http://www.sacramentosect.org/uploads/5/0/9/5/5095098/reconceptualizing_approaches_to_ht.pdf¶ )AM "Trafficking," connoting only "…. issue can evolve.
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US Anti-Dumping CP
Tournament: GMNDC | Round: Finals | Opponent: GBS CR | Judge: Panel The United States federal government should --provide compensation to the World Trade Organization for past zeroing violations and fully comply with rules for zeroing in antidumping investigations. --end domestic corn subsidies. --substantially decrease its agriculture exports to Mexico
The CP is key to resurrect US trade leadership and free trade Markheim 08 (Daniella Markheim, Senior Trade Policy Analyst in the Center for International Trade and Economics, Heritage Foundation, December 28, 2008, “Time to End ‘Zeroing’ in Trade Dumping Calculations,” http://www.heritage.org/Research/tradeandeconomicfreedom/wm2180.cfm) *zeroing is the tactic of zeroing out dumping calculations when a producer in another country charges a higher price in the U.S. market than in its home market or above its production costs
When the WTO finds in …. in anti-dumping investigations.
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Warming Link Turn
Tournament: GMNDC | Round: 2 | Opponent: Niles West BB | Judge: Thomas First is investment capital The United States will invest in clean tech, but continuous funding is necessary- investment capital is key Gleick 12 (Peter Gleick, staffwriter for Yahoo! Finance. "Renewable Energy, Climate Change, and the Diffuculty of Major Transitions. Yahoo Finance. finance.yahoo.com/blogs/the-exchange/renewable-energy-climate-change-difficulty-major-transitions-231232077.html 2/4/12) As President Obama …accelerated, and embraced.
Infrastructure projects require large amounts of Investment capital QREA 11 ("Global Diversified Infrastructure Funds of Funds." Quandra Real Estate Investors. 3/18/11. www.quadrantrealestateadvisors.com/investments/public/uploads/documents5CGlobal20Diversified20Infrastructure20Fund20of20Funds.pdf) Capital Investment ….market downturn.
That necessitates a trade-off Investment Capital is finite Davies 11- program officer at the Institute for Humane Studies (Steve, "How Government Crowds out Private Investment."Learn Liberty. August 19, 2011. www.learnliberty.org/content/how-government-crowds-out-private-investment) The phenomenon ….very productive.
Expanding the NADBank mandate to include transportation infrastructure crushes status quo environmental projects George Kourous (directs the IRC's BIOC program, Writer, Editor and Senior Program Associate at International Relations Center (IRC)) October 2000 “The Great NADBank Debate” ProQuest The charter that …. of whom still lack basic services like running water and sewage disposal.
NADBank trades off with EPA funding and kills EPA cred Vanderpool 6 (http://www.tucsonweekly.com/tucson/nadbank-blues/Content?oid=1083801, “NADBank Blues Will border cleanup efforts be abandoned?”, April 13 2006, Tim Vanderpool) ¶ At the same time, …. loans to desperately poor communities.
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