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Plan

The United States Federal Government should substantially reduce restrictions on solar power for energy production in the United States by repealing anti-dumping and countervailing duties against crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells from the People’s Republic of China 

China Econ

Tensions between Japan and China are high. Chinese Power transition and economic troubles are putting the countries on the brink of war as the leader’s insight nationalism to hold onto power.

Fleming 10/26/12 (Wake up to the noxious mood in the east http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/wake-up-to-the-noxious-mood-in-the-east/story-fnb64oi6-1226503306942)

THE empty chair is a powerful symbol. In 1965 Charles de Gaulle managed to
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global system, but right now it is headed in the wrong direction.

====Cuts to China solar specifically triggers political instability and economic downturn====
Xinhua 12
~China Daily, 9/4/12, http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/business/2012-09/04/content_15731380.htm-http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/business/2012-09/04/content_15731380.htm~~

Miao Liansheng, chairman of the board of Yingli Green Energy, one of the
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the field have made Chinese PV companies competitively stronger in the world market. 

Goes nuclear

Kaminski 7
(Antoni Z., Professor – Institute of Political Studies, "World Order: The Mechanics of Threats (Central European Perspective)", Polish Quarterly of International Affairs, 1, p. 58)
As already argued, the economic advance of China has taken place with relatively few
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Australia and, first and foremost, the US clash in the region.

Economic troubles and political transition make Chinese instability likely – Empirically causes revolts. This November is Key.

The Economist, 1-28-12, ~"A dangerous year," http://www.economist.com/node/21543477-http://www.economist.com/node/21543477~~ E. Liu
Strikes have become increasingly frequent at privately owned factories in recent years, often involving
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street nearby. The police responded by flooding that area with officers too.

The Make-up and Agenda of the new Chinese leadership is unknown and things can still change.

Wee 10/25 ~China’s year of political surprises not over yet, By Sui-Lee Wee, BEIJING | Thu Oct 25, 2012 5:29pm EDT http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/25/us-china-congress-idUSBRE89O1LQ20121025~~

Growth is key to prevent CCP lash-out against Japan.

Shirk, Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation Director, 07
(Susan, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, responsible for U.S. relations with China, professor at UC-San Diego’s Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies, "CHINA: FRAGILE SUPERPOWER," http://atruechineserenaissance.blogspot.com/2007/06/book-review.html-http://atruechineserenaissance.blogspot.com/2007/06/book-review.html, d/a 8-3-12, ads)
As China’s leaders well know, the greatest political risk lying ahead of them is
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because from their point of view not lashing out might endanger Party rule."

Conflict on the brink. Chinese ships are staying in the region around the islands.  Even if it’s just political posturing, it can lead to war and conflageration.

Fackler 11/2/12 (Martin, Chinese Patrol Ships Pressuring Japan over Islands http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/03/world/asia/china-keeps-up-pressure-on-japan-over-disputed-islands-with-patrols.html?pagewanted=all%26_r=0%26pagewanted=print )
Chinese patrol ships entered waters around a disputed island group in the East China Sea
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is not something that the U.S. should be neutral about."

Sino-Japanese war goes global
Fackler 12 ~Martin Fackler was named Tokyo bureau chief of The New York Times in 2009.  In 2011, he was part of a team whose coverage of the tsunami and nuclear disaster in Japan was named a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting for what the prize committee called a "powerful exploration of serious mistakes concealed by authorities in Japan."~ September 9^th 2012  "Dispute Over Islands Reflects Japanese Fear of China’s Rise"http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/f/martin_fackler/index.html====
"We are all gearing up for an international tug of war in this region
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, a former career Japanese diplomat who has written on the island issues.

Nuclear and biological war

Renxing, Epoch Times Staff Writer, 05
(San, August 05, "The CCP’s Last-ditch Gamble: Biological and Nuclear War
Hundreds of millions of deaths proposed," http://www.theepochtimes.com/news/5-8-5/30931.html-http://www.theepochtimes.com/news/5-8-5/30931.html, d/a 8-3-12, ads)
Since the Party’s life is above all else, it would not be surprising if
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to cling to life. That is the main theme of the speeches.

Syrian Prolif

The US is losing credibility in trade leadership because of tariffs

Beattie August 8, 2012 ~Decommission the weapons of trade warfare, By Alan Beattie, Financial Times, http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ecbd2234-dfd2-11e1-9bb7-00144feab49a.html~~%23axzz23YIBvJaJ-http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ecbd2234-dfd2-11e1-9bb7-00144feab49a.html~~
The Olympics are drawing to a climax and the US presidential election is three months
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might persuade a casual observer that there is a trade war under way.

That’s key to Russian relations and successful Russian membership in the WTO.

Cooper 12 ~William H. Cooper is a specialist in International Trade, Finance Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division, and an analyst Congressional Research Service – The Library of Congress~ June 15th 2012  "Russia’s Accession to the WTO and Its Implications for the United States" http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/R42085.pdf-http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/R42085.pdf
Successive U.S. Administrations have supported Russia’s accession to the WTO. Most
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Russian relationship. Many experts have suggested that the relationship could expand further. 

Successful Russian WTO membership key to US-Russia Relations

Cooper 12 ~William H. Cooper is a specialist in International Trade, Finance Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division, and an analyst Congressional Research Service – The Library of Congress~ June 15th 2012  "Russia’s Accession to the WTO and Its Implications for the United States" http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/R42085.pdf-http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/R42085.pdf
Russia’s accession to the WTO could have some qualitative and quantitative effects on the relationship
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S. business investment in Russia, including investment and trade in services.

Key to solving Syrian Chemical Weapons prolif.

Herzonhorn 12 ~Is a reporter for the NY Times~ August 7th 2012 "Lugar Urges U.S. and Russia to Team Up to Rid Syria of Chemical Weapons" http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/08/world/europe/senator-richard-lugar-urges-united-states-and-russia-to-rid-syria-of-chemical-weapons.html?_r=1-http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/08/world/europe/senator-richard-lugar-urges-united-states-and-russia-to-rid-syria-of-chemical-weapons.html?_r=1
Senator Richard G. Lugar, the Indiana Republican who has been a leading proponent
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to safeguard and dismantle nuclear and chemical weapons in the former Soviet Union.

Pressure is growing on the US to act in Syria. We are on the brink of total conflagration.

Landay 11/1
~Posted on Thu, Nov. 01, 2012, No matter who wins Tuesday’s election, U.S. likely to become entangled in Syria’s war, By Jonathan S. Landay, McClatchy Newspapers http://www.kansascity.com/2012/11/01/3896878/no-matter-who-wins-tuesdays-election.html~~

Despite Americans’ exhaustion with 11 years of foreign conflict, the victor in Tuesday’s presidential
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world just looking on." Roy Gutman in Istanbul contributed to this report.

Extinction

James A. Russell, Senior Lecturer, National Security Affairs, Naval Postgraduate School, ’9 (Spring) "Strategic Stability Reconsidered: Prospects for Escalation and Nuclear War in the Middle East" IFRI, Proliferation Papers, ~%2326, http://www.ifri.org/downloads/PP26_Russell_2009.pdf 

Strategic stability in the region is thus undermined by various factors: (1)
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the peoples of the region, with substantial risk for the entire world. 

Trade

Empirically causes tradewars and counter-duties

Nelon Oct 12
(Arthur. EurActiv writer - EU warned: Clean tech trade wars ’could spiral out of control’ - http://www.euractiv.com/specialreport-free-trade-growth/climate-trade-wars-spiral-contro-news-515356 -http://www.euractiv.com/specialreport-free-trade-growth/climate-trade-wars-spiral-contro-news-515356  kjl)
In the last month, the EU has followed the US in launching an ’
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industry sources expect a final figure of around 30% to be determined. 

====These counter-duties destroy polysilicon industry. This November is key.====
Roca Oct 12
(Marc. Solar Silicon to Bottom as China Halts Factory Expansion: http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-10-11/solar-silicon-to-bottom-as-china-halts-factory-expansion-http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-10-11/solar-silicon-to-bottom-as-china-halts-factory-expansion;  kjl)
Polysilicon, the raw material used by the %2438 billion a year solar industry
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making Chinese modules uncompetitive. It’s like sowing the bench you’re sitting on."

Kills the US semiconductor industry

Koncept Analytics 12 Market Research Companies, Jan, "Global Polysilicon Market Report: 2011 Edition"  http://www.researchmoz.us/global-polysilicon-market-report-2011-edition-report.html-http://www.researchmoz.us/global-polysilicon-market-report-2011-edition-report.html
Polysilicon has a major influence on its end markets - Semiconductor and Photovoltaic industry.
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profiles the major players such as Hemlock, Wacker, GCL and REC. 

Key to heg

Harada 10 Colonel Lawrence K., United States Army Reserve, "Semiconductor Technology and U.S. National Security", U.S. Army War College Research Paper, 4/21, http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA526581-http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA526581 andLocation=U2anddoc=GetTRDoc.pdf
America’s National Interests, National Defense Strategy, and National Military Strategy highlight the importance
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high-speed requirements rests with the U.S. semiconductor industry.

Nuclear war

Frederick Kagan and Michael O’Hanlon 7, Fred’s a resident scholar at AEI, Michael is a senior fellow in foreign policy at Brookings, "The Case for Larger Ground Forces", April, http://www.aei.org/files/2007/04/24/20070424_Kagan20070424.pdf-http://www.aei.org/files/2007/04/24/20070424_Kagan20070424.pdf
We live at a time when wars not only rage in nearly every region but
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Such a measure is not only prudent, it is also badly overdue.

Destroys US solar market

Pierobon 12 ~Pierobon is a former Chief Energy Writer and Political Correspondent at the Houston Chronicle and career-long advocate of cleaner, safer and more secure energy solutions. He formerly managed the energy and environmental practice at Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide and has served as the Chief Marketing Officer at Standard Solar, Inc. He serves sustainable energy and clean tech companies with colleagues at Pierobon %26 Partners LLC and blogs at TheEnergyFix.com.~ February 29th 2012 "The case against a tariff on imported Chinese solar panels" http://theenergycollective.com/jimpierobon/77861/guest-opinion-jigar-shah-makes-case-against-tariff-imported-chinese-solar-panels-http://theenergycollective.com/jimpierobon/77861/guest-opinion-jigar-shah-makes-case-against-tariff-imported-chinese-solar-panels
But a closer look at the US solar industry demonstrates that SolarWorld, if successful
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and provide thousands of Americans with good-paying middle-class jobs.

Heat waves threatening blackouts now

Stone 12 ~Brian Stone, Assistant Professor in the City and Regional Planning Program at the Georgia Institute of Technology~  "Urban Heat Islands and Climate Change: Planning for Extreme Heat in Cities" 8/8/12 http://www.epa.gov/hiri/resources/transcripts/8_aug_2012-webcasttranscript-stone.pdf
Most critical is your logical infrastructure.  In 2003, the same year as the
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strategies that would be most effective to manage heat in the near term.

Uniquely key to preventing military blackouts

Wang Aug 8
(Ucilia  - Forbes - U.S. Military’s Big Plan For Renewable Energy Projects http://www.forbes.com/sites/uciliawang/2012/08/06/u-s-military-opens-up-16m-acres-for-renewable-energy-projects/-http://www.forbes.com/sites/uciliawang/2012/08/06/u-s-military-opens-up-16m-acres-for-renewable-energy-projects/ kjl)
The U.S. Department of Defense plans to open up 16 million acres
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plans on getting 1 gigawatt of renewable energy installed near its bases by 2025

Expanded solar energy makes heat wave blackouts impossible

Perez et al 11 ~Richard Perez, Research Professor, Atmospheric Sciences Research Center, SUNY; Ken Zweibel, director of the GW Solar Institute at George Washington University; Thomas Hoff,  Founder of Clean Power Research and President of its Research and Consulting Group; "Solar power generation in the US: Too expensive, or a bargain?" Energy Policy Volume 39, Issue 11, November 2011, Pages 7290–7297~
Solar generators, distributed PV in particular, are not available at will, but
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., 2010), representing a deployment potential of nearly 375 GW in the US

Grid collapse decimates drone operations

Davenport and Dreazen 11
(Coral Davenport and Yochi J. Dreazen, energy correspondents at the National Journal, "The Green Lantern" May 27, 2011, http://www.nationaljournal.com/reporters/bio/18)

Meanwhile, the Defense Department is also confronting a new world of energy-security
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from regional-grid blackouts—and boosting local renewable-energy production.

Solves terrorism

Daniel L. Byman 11, Director of Research at the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at Brookings, "Denying Terrorist Safe Havens: Homeland Security Efforts to Counter Threats from Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia", June 3, http://www.brookings.edu/testimony/2011/0603_terrorism_byman.aspx-http://www.brookings.edu/testimony/2011/0603_terrorism_byman.aspx

The U.S. drone campaign against al Qaeda, begun under Bush and
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to disrupt and often more a danger to themselves than to their enemies.

Terrorism leads to Extinction

Sid Ahmed 04 Mohamed, political analyst ("Extinction%21" August/September 1, http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2004/705/op5.htm-http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2004/705/op5.htm Accessed 6/26/11)
What would be the consequences of a nuclear attack by terrorists? Even if it
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When nuclear pollution infects the whole planet, we will all be losers.