Chicago Debate League 2013/14 Core Files
NC Shell: European Union Counterplan 373
Download 3.16 Mb.
|
- Navigate this page:
- Plan-specific Texts 374
- 2NC Extensions: A/t 1 “Permutation” 375
- 2NC Extensions: A/t 2 “Solvency Deficit” 376
1NC Shell: European Union Counterplan 3731) Text: [Insert Plan-Specific Text] 2) Competition: Net Benefits. The Counterplan is competitive with the plan because since it does not use the United States federal government, all of our disadvantages are net-benefits to European Union action by itself. If we win that we solve any portion of their Harms, you should vote Negative to avoid the links to our disadvantages. 3) Solvency: The European Union is in an ideal position to engage Latin America economically. The E.U. can actually effect a superior partnership with Latin America because it isn’t burdened by a history of subordination and failure in the region, as is the U.S. MENENDEZ, 13 [Fernando; economist and principal of The Cordoba Group International LLC; “The East is rising, in Latin America,” 5/10, http://www.thecommentator.com/article/3488/the_east_is_rising_in_latin_america] For Chilean political scientist Esteban Valenzuela, of the Alberto Hurtado University, the bi-regional summit represents an opportunity for Latin America. “This is probably the ideal time to ask (the EU) to reach a more global understanding and make free trade and agricultural barriers a two-way street that will facilitate investments and allow Latin Americans to invest in their depressed markets,” Hurtado said in an interview with IPS. It is an opportunity that Latin America must, however, seize “without arrogance”, as the current cycle of high prices of copper, gold, natural gas, oil and other raw materials in the region won’t last forever. “There are indicators that reveal that China’s economic growth is ‘slowing down’ and that India is facing problems, and these indicators (are a warning sign that) call for enhanced dialogue in the region, (urging it) to seize the opportunity to improve public policies that produce high deficits,” he added. It could be a turning point for the region’s relations with Europe, but it will only benefit Latin America and the Caribbean if the EU understands that it must treat its counterpart as an equal, Chilean senator Alejandro Navarro, of the left-wing Movimiento Amplio Social (Broad Social Movement), said. To see this clearly, one need only look at Latin America’s controversial history with the United States, “where our region has traditionally been treated (by the U.S.) as its backyard, and relegated to a minor, supporting role,” he noted. “Which is why I believe that if Europe understands that it must deal with Latin America on equal terms, it won’t be hard to overcome any problems that may arise in this integration process,” the legislator told IPS. “With the United States, the possibilities for integration ran their course and bore no fruits. Europe now represents an opportunity that cannot be passed up,” Navarro concluded. The summit, whose agenda focuses on building and strengthening “a strategic alliance for sustainable development”, is preceded by a meeting of the business sector organised by the head of the Chilean Confederation of Production and Commerce (CPC), Lorenzo Constans, among others. “At a time of economic and financial uncertainty for Europe, the EU has the possibility of joining forces with Latin America and the Caribbean in a great integration system (…), striving to overcome the challenges posed by development, growth and poverty eradication,” Constans wrote in the official website for the business meeting. Plan-specific Texts 374A) Mexican Security: The European Union should substantially increase its economic engagement toward Mexico by providing financial assistance to Mexico for violence prevention programs near the border between the United States and Mexico. B) Venezuelan Democracy: The European Union should substantially increase its economic engagement toward Venezuela by providing economic aid tied to verifiable improvements in Venezuelan election monitoring and election reporting. C) Cuban Ethanol: The European Union should substantially increase its economic engagement toward Cuba by removing all barriers to the importation of sugar-based ethanol from Cuba into Europe, and fully guarantee market access with funding. D) Critical Immigration: Thus, my partner and I stand in solidarity with Latina and Latino immigrants from Mexico by demanding that the European Union substantially increase its economic engagement toward Mexico by providing the full economic citizenship benefits of every European Union country to persons in Mexico. 2NC Extensions: A/t #1 “Permutation” 3751) The permutation does not get double solvency. Their Harms evidence proves that one agency doing the plan is enough to solve, so the Counterplan solves exactly the same as the Affirmative. There is no benefit to doing it twice as much, because one plan is enough to prevent their Harms impacts from happening. 2) The Permutation still links to our disadvantages. Their evidence says that the U.S. and E.U. working together in a comprehensive program might look a little different than acting alone, but it is not framed in the context of our link evidence. 3) Their evidence doesn’t support the text of the Permutation: The Perm has the U.S. announce a unilateral aid package to Latin America at the same time as the E.U. There is no cooperation involved, and the plan would still have to be justified to Congress and China as a unilateral action. 2NC Extensions: A/t #2 “Solvency Deficit” 3761) The European Union is in a better position than the United States to give economic assistance to Latin America because of a long, failed history of U.S. – Latin American partnership. Extend our MENENDEZ evidence. 2) Good is good enough. We do not have to win that we solve 100% of the Affirmative’s Harms, only that we do enough to prevent their impacts. We are winning a huge risk of our disadvantages, so any tiny solvency deficit is not a reason to vote Affirmative. 2) We have specific solvency for their Affirmative. [Insert Plan-specific Solvency] 3) E.U. economic assistance to Latin America is more comprehensive and leads to greater cooperation on every issue, solving better. ROSALES, 12 [Osvaldo, Director of the International Trade and Integration Division of ECLAC; “Latin America and the Caribbean and the European Union: striving for a renewed partnership,” Feb, http://www.eclac.cl/publicaciones/xml/2/46362/LAC_European_Union_striving_for_renewed_partnership.pdf] The agreements negotiated by the European Union and the United States are generally comprehensive and include not only removing tariffs on the majority of goods but also commitments on trade in services, investment, government procurement and intellectual property, among others. These commitments usually go beyond those agreed to by the European Union, the United States or Latin America and the Caribbean in World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreements. There are also significant differences: - The agreements negotiated by the European Union aim explicitly to strengthen regional integration mechanisms in Latin America and the Caribbean. For example, the agreements with Central America and CARIFORUM include various provisions to strengthen economic integration in both subregions and the agreement with Colombia and Peru specifies accession by other Andean Community countries as an explicit objective. - The Association Agreements negotiated by the European Union are usually more comprehensive and include provisions on political dialogue and cooperation on a broad array of topics apart from trade (e.g. culture, education, energy, science and technology, tourism, etc.). The European Union-CARIFORUM Agreement includes asymmetric liberalization commitments giving preferential treatment to the latter’s goods and services, in addition to cooperation commitments for capacity building in different areas. Directory: wp-content -> uploads -> 2011 2011 -> Voices of the Old Sea Norman Lewis 2011 -> Malevil Robert Merle 2011 -> The Elephant Keeper’s Children Peter Hoeg 2011 -> Jv packet •Mars Colonization Affirmative •Mars Colonization Negative 2011 -> Registration Form (Rev. 8-86) omb no. 1024-0018 2011 -> All America Looks Up to Virginia;” Virginia and the Declaration of Independence 2011 -> Rao bulletin 2011 -> Christopher Columbus was born between 25 August and 31 October 1451 in 2011 -> The Battle of Frenchtown (1855), Washington Territory: the Political and Demographic Context rev 9/4/11 2011 -> Seti aff •seti neg •Asteroids Aff Download 3.16 Mb. Share with your friends:
|