Tournament: USC | Round: 1 | Opponent: Bingham NS | Judge: Andrew Washington
====Environment treaties are NOT economic engagement====
Rose 8 (Andrew K, professor @ Haas School of Business Administration @ University of California, Berkeley, Mark M. Spiegel, researcher @ Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, "Non-Economic Engagement and International Exchange: The Case of Environmental Treaties," NBER Working Paper No. 13988, May 2008, http://www.nber.org/papers/w13988-http://www.nber.org/papers/w13988)
We examine the role of non-economic partnerships in promoting international economic exchange.
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. Our results support the notion that international environmental cooperation facilitates economic exchange.
That’s a voter for fairness and education –
2. Ground – key generics rely on engagement actually being economic – environmental engagement change links to Disads like politics and Credibility
Obama has emerged from the shutdown as a clear winner – maintaining political capital is key to a bipartisan immigration deal
Sanders 10-22-13 (Bob Ray, "There’s no better time for Obama to push for immigration reform", http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2013/10/22/206078/bob-ray-sanders-theres-no-better.html~~23storylink=cpy-http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2013/10/22/206078/bob-ray-sanders-theres-no-better.html, CMR)
Now that the Republican hijacking of the federal government has been brought to an end
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to file for office and gear up their campaigns for the 2014 contests.
The plan sparks backlash over the process of ratification, and requires Presidential involvement
Phil Taylor 13, E26E Reporter, 1/9/13, "E26E: U.S.-Mexico transboundary agreement mired in Congress," http://www.bromwichgroup.com/2013/01/ee-offshore-drilling-u-s-mexico-transboundary-agreement-mired-in-congress/
It is unclear who in the Senate objected to the agreement’s passage, but sources
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not consult with them before pushing the agreement through in the lame duck.
Klein 13 Ezra is a columnist for The Washington Post. "To Fix the U.S. Economy, Fix Immigration," 1/29, http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-01-29/to-fix-the-u-s-economy-fix-immigration.html
Washington tends to have a narrow view of what counts as "economic policy."
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influx of foreign-born students is the most obvious solution you’ll find.
The United States Federal Government should apply an impact assessment requirement to the mandates of the plan. Any necessary modifications will be made prior to implementation.
Observation One: The Counterplan is legitimate-It test increase economic engagement which is the core issue in the resolution. Literature makes the counterplan predictable. Net benefits check abuse and provide a germane policymaking warrant to vote negative.
Observation Two: Net Benefits.
Drilling in the GOM causes oil spills – uniquely disastrous
Greenpeace 13 (Greenpeace, February 22, 2013, "Transboundary agreement spells disaster for the Gulf", http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/en/media-center/news-releases/Transboundary-agreement-spells-disaster-for-the-Gulf/)//moxley-http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/en/media-center/news-releases/Transboundary-agreement-spells-disaster-for-the-Gulf/)//moxley
In response to the United States and Mexico signing an agreement to develop oil and
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potential for disaster increases exponentially," said Greenpeace Mexico Climate Campaigner Beatriz Olivera.
Ocean destruction causes extinction
Craig 3 (Robin, Professor of Law at Indiana, "Taking Steps," 34 McGeorge Law Review. 155, Lexis)
Biodiversity and ecosystem function arguments for conserving marine ecosystems also exist, just as they
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- even if a few fishers go out of business as a result.
Kerry is pushing climate cooperation with India now and has to stay focused to overcome resistance – cooperation is key to global modeling
Revkin 6/27 (Andrew C., New York Times Opinion Section, Kerry Proposes U.S.-India Push on Carbon and Climate, 6/27/13, http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/06/27/kerry-proposes-u-s-india-push-on-carbon-and-climate/?_r=0)//LA
Shortly after prodding India in a New Delhi speech to find ways to cut greenhouse
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that work for the long haul. I hope Kerry keeps at it.
Clinton 12 (Hillary Rodham, Former US Secretary of State and Future President of the USA swag, Energy Diplomacy in the 21st Century, Speech Delivered at Georgetown University 10/18/12, http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2012/10/199330.htm)//LA
I want to mention one additional diplomatic challenge we’re focused on: how to manage
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So energy transformation and ending energy poverty really do go hand in hand.
Deibel ’7 ~Terry L. Deibel, professor of IR @ National War College, 2007, Foreign Affairs Strategy, Conclusion: American Foreign Affairs Strategy Today~
Droughts, floods, and violent storms Consensus Disease and Illness 26 of GDP
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States, but potentially to the continued existence of life on this planet.