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01/05/2013 | UTD China AffTournament: UTD | Round: 1 | Opponent: UTD | Judge: Mabrey 1AC – InhContention One – Inherency –Arbitrarily US investment rules have blocked Chinese ownership of renewable energy companies. This restriction on energy production deters investment and damages US-China relations.Xinhua 9/30/12 The alarm bell of US protectionism rings loud - China.org.cn http://www.china.org.cn/business/2012-09/30/content_26681566.htm The rejection of Chinese investment signals US unwillingness to accept foreign investment and particularly angers China.Inside US Trade 1/4/13 U.S., CHINA DISCUSS EXPORT CONTROLS %26 INVESTMENT, BUT PROGRESS UNCLEAR Proquest On Chinese investment in the U.S., Chen stressed that the U. Massive increase for wind incentives in the fiscal cliff compromise takes out disad uniqueness but doesn’t solve the case.David Roberts 1/2/13 staff writer for Grist. "Fiscal fiasco bright spot: 2013 will be a huge year for wind Adv 1 – Economic Nationalism====Contention 2 is the Advantages==== Advantage 1 is Protectionism====Obama’s rejection of Chinese wind development is racist protectionism.==== In particular, the restrictions on Chinese investment will spillover and destroy – makes conflict inevitable.Daniel J. Graeber 10/1/12 Oilprice.com Energy New Front in Economic Warfare http://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/Energy-New-Front-in-Economic-Warfare.html The restriction on Chinese development singles out China and destroys relations.Edward Alden 10/2/12 Council on Foreign Relations The Changing Politics of Chinese Trade and Investment http://blogs.cfr.org/renewing-america/2012/10/02/the-changing-politics-of-chinese-trade-and-investment/-http://blogs.cfr.org/renewing-america/2012/10/02/the-changing-politics-of-chinese-trade-and-investment/ ====The impact is war with China - Trade wars escalate – collapsing the global economy, creating widespread protectionism and becoming a shooting war.==== US-China trade conflict guts relations and is the most likely scenario for military escalation.Landy 2007 (Ben Landy, Director of Research and Strategy at the Atlantic Media Company, April 3, 2007, google) The time is ripe for miscalculation in Beijing and WashingtonKent Ewing 10/26/12 "Chinese bogeyman resurfaces in US" Hong Kong-based teacher and writer. http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/NJ26Ad01.html-http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/NJ26Ad01.html Without the plan, economic nationalism constructs China as the other and makes conflict inevitable. These representations of Chinese business constitute reality and make conflict inevitable.Pan 2007 What Is Chinese About Chinese Business?Implications for U.S. Responses to China’s Rise Chengxin Pan School of International and Political StudiesFaculty of ArtsDeakin University Asia Research Centre, CBS, Copenhagen Discussion Papers 2007-20 This Construction of China as a threat makes conflict inevitable and devalues life.Pan, Political Science and International Relations Professor at Australian National University, 2004 Colonialism culminates in extinction and an unending cycles of global warWilliam Eckhardt, Lentz Peace Research Laboratory of St. Louis, Journal of Peace Research, February 1990, p. 15-16 Global WarmingAdvantage 2 – is Global WarmingFirst, The restriction on Chinese renewable development singles out China and destroys relations.Edward Alden 10/2/12 Council on Foreign Relations The Changing Politics of Chinese Trade and Investment http://blogs.cfr.org/renewing-america/2012/10/02/the-changing-politics-of-chinese-trade-and-investment/-http://blogs.cfr.org/renewing-america/2012/10/02/the-changing-politics-of-chinese-trade-and-investment/ Conflicts over the US foreign investment process risk shattering the relationship. The plan sends a strong signal of cooperation towards China.Xu 11 (Ting, senior project manager-Bertelsmann Foundation, The Next Big Threat to US-China Ties, July 13, http://thediplomat.com/2011/07/13/the-next-big-threat-to-us-china-ties/-http://thediplomat.com/2011/07/13/the-next-big-threat-to-us-china-ties/) ====Increasing bilateral Investment solves relations.==== Former US Trade Representative Carla Hills said that she believes Chinese investment in the US Restricting energy development on the basis that foreign investment is a threat to national security sends the signal that the US energy market is off limit and stifles US-China energy cooperationClaudia Mahn 10/1/12 Global Insight October 1, 2012 President Obama blocks Chinese wind farm ambitions Lexis Cooperative Clean-energy investment is critical to green-tech diffusion and solving climate change.Lin 11 ~Justin Yifu Lin, Former World Bank Chief Economist and Senior Vice President, "China, the US and clean energy cooperation," Jan 21 2011, http://blogs.worldbank.org/developmenttalk/china-the-us-and-clean-energy-cooperation~~~~~~ Only US-China cooperation and investment solves.Woetzel 9 ~Dr. Jonathan Woetzel, Ph.D. in political science from USC, Director in McKinsey %26 Company’s Greater China Office, August 2009, "China and the US: The potential of a clean-tech partnership," http://www.mckinseyquarterly.com/China_and_the_US_The_potential_of_a_clean-tech_partnership_2419~~~~~~ Warming results in extinctionAhmed 2010 (Nafeez Ahmed, Executive Director of the Institute for Policy Research and Development, professor of International Relations and globalization at Brunel University and the University of Sussex, Spring/Summer 2010, "Globalizing Insecurity: The Convergence of Interdependent Ecological, Energy, and Economic Crises," Spotlight on Security, Volume 5, Issue 2, online) No adaption to worst case – the impact is extinctionTickell 8 (Oliver, Environmental Researcher, The Guardian, August 11, http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/aug/11/climatechange-http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/aug/11/climatechange, JMB, accessed 6-23-11) Scientific consensus on anthropogenic warmingAnderegg et al 10 ~William, Professor of Biology at Stanford University; James W. Prall, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto; Jacob Harold, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation; Stephen H. Schneider, Professor of Biology at Stanford University, Senior Fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment, "Expert credibility in climate change," 5-9, PNAS, vol 107, no 27, http://www.pnas.org/content/107/27/12107.full.pdf+html~~ PlanThus, we present the following plan:Plan – The United States federal government should limit the review of foreign investment in wind power by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States to cases in which national security, not economic competition is a factor.SolvencyContention 3 is Solvency -Reversal of the CFIUS decision on wind energy is critical to send a signal that the US is open to investment.Vigdor, Elwood %26 Marwell 10/22/12 Billy Vigdor and John Elwood are partners, and Jeremy Marwell is an associate at Vinson %26 Elkins’ Washington, D.C., office. "Blocking Ore. Wind Farms: Overstepping Authority?" http://www.velaw.com/uploadedFiles/VEsite/Resources/BlockingOreWindFarmsOversteppingAuthority.pdf Further, only explicitly removing economic competition from the scope of investment review solves.David M. Marchick %26 Matthew J. Slaughter 2008 The Bernard and Irene Schwartz Series on American Competitiveness Global FDI Policy Correcting a Protectionist Drift CSR NO. 34, JUNE 2008 COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS Principle 1: The investment review law should be narrowly tailored and focused on national And, The broad interpretation of national security fails – creates economic uncertainty, protectionism and hampers US foreign policy goals.Carroll-Emory International Law Review-09 (Jamie FF, COMMENT: BACK TO THE FUTURE: REDEFINING THE FOREIGN INVESTMENT AND NATIONAL SECURITY ACT’S CONCEPTION OF NATIONAL SECURITY, 23 Emory Int’l L. Rev. 167) The broad and vague interpretation of national security by the CFIUS creates four distinct problems Finally, Only a narrow wind-energy specific Limit to national security solves, the plan creates clarity and predictability.David Marchick 2008 Sovereign Wealth Funds And National Security OECD/City of London ConferenceMarch 31, 2008 www.oecd.org/investment/investmentpolicy/40395077.pdf Other Advantage ModulesEconomy - FDIChinese FDI to the US declined sharply in 2012 but could rebound if the US takes steps to liberalize its national security FDI policy towards China.Continuation of Ralls destroys FDI.Sharp Declines in Chinese FDI in 2012 but it’s not too late.Hanemann 12-28 (Theo, research director at the Rhodium Group and leads the firm’s cross-border investment work, Chinese FDI in the US in 2012, http://rhgroup.net/notes/chinese-direct-investmnet-in-the-u-s-in-2012-a-record-year-amid-a-gloomy-fdi-environment-http://rhgroup.net/notes/chinese-direct-investmnet-in-the-u-s-in-2012-a-record-year-amid-a-gloomy-fdi-environment) The recent growth of Chinese investment is even more remarkable in light of an otherwise Ralls kills investor confidence and crushes the value of the dollar triggering economic recession.Carroll-Emory International Law Review-09 (James, COMMENT: BACK TO THE FUTURE: REDEFINING THE FOREIGN INVESTMENT AND NATIONAL SECURITY ACT’S CONCEPTION OF NATIONAL SECURITY, 23 Emory Int’l L. Rev. 167) Abuse of FINSA risks total FDI Collapse.Marchick and Mintz 2007 David, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State and director of intergovernmental affairs in the Office of the United States Trade Representative during the Clinton Administration, and Richard, former Director of Public Affairs for the U.S. Department of Transportation, The Shifting Landscape of CFIUS, China Business Review January/February 2007 Worries of protectionism While observers around the world acknowledge that the United States has legitimate FDI solves war - 4 reasonsLee and Mitchell 2010 Theoretical arguments relating FDI to interstate conflict can be categorized into three broad perspectives. | |
01/05/2013 | 2AC - WarmingTournament: UTD | Round: 1 | Opponent: | Judge: | |
01/05/2013 | 2AC - T - SubstantialTournament: UTD | Round: 1 | Opponent: | Judge: 1. We meet – the restrictions on foreign investment are substantial.Consumer Energy Report 10/4/12 Can Obama Really Force a Chinese Owned Company to Sell a Wind Farm? In a word – yes. http://www.consumerenergyreport.com/2012/10/04/can-obama-really-force-a-chinese-owned-company-to-sell-a-wind-farm/ Last week the President issued an order requiring Ralls Corporation, which is owned by Counter-Interp- Substantially is a considerable amount Dictionary.com 11’ 1.of ample or considerable amount, quantity, size, etc.: a 3. Prefer our interpretation –A. Topic education, our interpretation is better because it allows us to learn about a broader scope of restrictions on energy production and not just have stale and boring debates about tax credits.B. Fair division on ground – The negative has plenty of ground in our interpretation, they can still read all of their core off-case arguments. Only our interpretation creates fair affirmative ground as well. This balance is more important than limits.5. Topicality should be judge by a framework of reasonability. Good is good enough—our interpretation provides enough fair ground, we shouldn’t lose on a technicality. | |
01/05/2013 | 2AC - Immigration DATournament: UTD | Round: R1 | Opponent: | Judge: I There’s no space for immigration – budget debates will inevitably overwhelmSpaeth 1/3 (Ryu Spaeth , Editor, The Week, "Will Congress’ budget battles kill immigration reform and gun control?", 1/3/13 http://theweek.com/article/index/238367/will-congress-budget-battles-kill-immigration-reform-and-gun-control) Congress’ budget battles are only expected to get gorier over the next couple of months Case Outweighs – Global Warming is a more important impact than _. Because everyone dies. Extinction is like a diamond it’s forever.Protectionism Outweighs – Avoiding a trade war with China is the most important thing to prevent a collapse of the economy.Non-Unique – Massive wind subsidies now – Roberts 2013 (1AC) – creates rapid expansion of wind power now.China hires lobbyists to quell opposition- even those that don’t like Chinese investment won’t necessarily push to block deals.Financial Post 7-27- 12 (CNOOC’s bid for Nexen raises political hackles in Washington, http://business.financialpost.com/2012/07/27/cnoocs-bid-for-nexen-raises-political-hackles-in-washington/-http://business.financialpost.com/2012/07/27/cnoocs-bid-for-nexen-raises-political-hackles-in-washington/) CNOOC and Nexen said in a July 24 filing with the U.S. | |
01/05/2013 | 2AC - Courts CPTournament: UTD | Round: 1 | Opponent: | Judge: 1. Solvency Deficit - The court will not rule in favor of Sany (Ralls) now, legislative change is necessary.China Daily 10/30/12 A legal first in Sany’s US wind farm case http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/business/2012-10/30/content_15857877_3.htm Despite assurances from Sany’s senior executives, the lawsuit is viewed as a long shot 2. No Solvency - Courts can’t strike down the ruling – if they do it destroys deference.Nick Juliano and John McArdle, 10/2/12 E%26E reporters Obama’s blocking of wind farm adds to U.S.-China tension Legal experts say Ralls will face an uphill battle in court, as judges generally 3. Lack of judicial deference impairs military effectiveness. Gilbert, Lieutenant Colonel, US Air Force, 1998 ~Michael, 8 USAFA J. Leg. Stud. 197, lexis~ 4. Impact – all the attendant dangers.Khalilzad, ’95 | |
01/05/2013 | 2AC - CapTournament: UTD | Round: 1 | Opponent: | Judge: 1. Perm - Do BothThe alternative fractures the left —- Rejecting the plan unites the alternative with right wing china bashers and fractures opposition to the Pentagon’s militarist china policy.Bello %26 Mittal 2000 Walden, Anuradha, Dangerous Liaisons: Progressives, the Right, and the Anti-China Trade Campaign, Institute for Food and Development Policy/Food First, May, http://www.tni.org/archives/archives_bello_china A coalition of forces seeks to deprive China of permanent normal trading relations (PNTR Withdrawing from global trade locks the alternative within a nationalist frame precluding transnational solidarity and organization.Bello %26 Mittal 2000 Walden, Anuradha, Dangerous Liaisons: Progressives, the Right, and the Anti-China Trade Campaign, Institute for Food and Development Policy/Food First, May, http://www.tni.org/archives/archives_bello_china The anti-China trade campaign amounts to a Faustian bargain that seeks to buy | |
01/05/2013 | Geophilosophy Aff 2.0Tournament: UTD | Round: 3 | Opponent: UMKC AG | Judge: Geophilosophy 1AC V2.0Emerged from the ground, produced in the factory and consumed by machines, energy becomes a powerful point of convergence for the social and political strata that seeks to contain and assimilate us all into its theatre of sameness.But what makes energy production such a powerful tool of control over the masses? For this we turn to a new interpretation of life that concludes that our capacity to act is not separable from our relations with the world, nature or energy.Hayden 2k8 (Patrick, Writer on things about Deleuze and Guattari, All around smart guy, "Gilles Deleuze and Naturalism: A Convergence with Ecological Theory and Politics" Pg. 31-33 ~EB~) It is with this that we welcome you to Dallas, Texas where oil fields, electric cars and Tom Delay are all bleeding profits at increasingly high rates of speed. Unfortunately, this capitalist profit motive locks us into a devastating mono-vision where energy production is turned into a utilitarian search that champions industry culture while blocking the view of real devastation.Chisholm 2k7 (Dianne, writer for Rhizomes, Rhizomes. 15 Winter 2007, "Rhizome, Ecology, Geophilosophy (A Map to this Issue)~EB~) Through this mono-vision the state begins eliminating difference through mapping the earth. This dangerous representational logic judges the affective realm of nature through a calculative lens that brings difference in line when it strays from the grotesquely denatured marvel it has erected in its place.Halsey 2k4 (Mark, Prof @ Flinders U. Environmental Visions: Deleuze and the Modalities of Nature, Ethics and the Environment ~EB~) This industry culture and representational logic have ultimately put us on the brink of extinction as capitalism has driven us to eco-cide under the guise of an ontology that captures affective capacity to act and creates static subjects that serve the state and capitalism. Human subjectivity is now an endangered species.Pindar and Sutton 2k (Ian and Paul, They wrote the intro to and translated Guattari’s Three Ecologies, The Three Ecologies, pg. 3-7.) Before affect is controlled by the state we exist as pure potential for action, but once affect is delimited and captured, it is turned into emotion and fuels action. Once a transcendent structure captures one’s ability to act, it control’s a body’s subjectivity, identity and end, justifying all forms of violence in politics.Beasley-Murray 09 (Jon Beasley-Murray, Assistant Professor in Hispanic Studies, including social and political theory, "PART TWO: CONSTITUTION" http://faculty.arts.ubc.ca/jbmurray/research/jbm_escalon.pdf ) The state’s subjugation of affective politics is what created Nazism, enables all forms of violence and makes a subject powerless to act.Protevi 2k10 (John Protevi; Dept. of French Studies @ LSU, Deleuzian Scholar and Magician; "Deleuze And Wexler: Thinking Brain, Body and Affect in Social Context"; http://www.protevi.com/john/Deleuze_Wexler.pdf ~EB~) It is because of this that Eric and I affirm a removal of the affective ethical restrictions on topical energy production.In order to remove this affective restriction on energy production, we must view life and all its connections as machines. This breaks down the dialecticism of subject versus object and forecloses the possibility of static identity or end, while preserving our affective capacity to act and affirming life.Colebrook 2k2 (Claire Mary Colebrook, Doctor of Philosophy (University of Edinburgh, 1993), English professor at Penn State University, "Gilles Deleuze" (Routledge Critical Thinkers). It is through this process of viewing life as a machine that we have the unique ability to engage in a revolutionary act of becoming that has the potential to radically reorient how we interact with energy production and nature as a whole.Hayden 2k8 (Patrick, Writer on things about Deleuze and Guattari, All around smart guy, "Gilles Deleuze and Naturalism: A Convergence with Ecological Theory and Politics" pg. 29-31 ~EB~) Becoming makes the maintenance of dualisms impossible-instead it focuses on the possibility of fractured, fluid identity. This respects the singular nature of one’s situation and recognizes multiplicity in the worldBirke %26 Parisi 99 (Lynda %26 Luciana, Animal Others Chapter 3, "Animal Becoming") Our method causes an interrogation of transcendence, asserting the question of debate as given before it has started, inscribes the transcendental onto the space of argument which forecloses the possibility of immanence.Conway 2k10 (Jay; Prof of Phil @ Cal State, For the past decade Jay has been writing and lecturing on the works of Gilles Deleuze, the history of metaphysics and the social-political theory.; "Gilles Deleuze: Affirmation in Philosophy" Pg. 108-110 ~EB~ |
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