Gonzaga Debate Institute 2011 Mercury China Coop Aff
Coop Good – Competitiveness (1/2)
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Coop Good – Competitiveness (1/2)Only through a cooperative strategy with China can war be avoided-continued isolationist policies risk a loss of US primacy Moltz, Ph.D at Naval Postgraduate School, 11 (Dr. James Clay, “China’s Space Technology: International Dynamics and Implications for the United States,” May 11, 2011, Accessed 6-30-11, http://www.uscc.gov/hearings/2011hearings/written_testimonies/11_05_11_wrt/11_05_11_moltz_testimony.pdf, JSkoog) The marketplace for space technology has become globalized. It is also now much less dependent on U.S. products. For this reason, our strategy aimed at isolating China in space has become ineffective. Other advanced countries recognize the value of the Chinese space market and can produce technologies that are attractive to China. The United States stands aside to its own disadvantage and to the detriment of our space competitiveness. Russians and Europeans have ITARfree products that provide nearly comparable space services. Overly restrictive export controls also harm U.S. political influence in the space field, as emerging countries form ties with China as a favored supplier. But, as noted, the United States should not change its space policy without reciprocity. Beijing will need to show more transparency and a willingness to accept restraints on its military programs, as well as new openness in terms of its domestic market. Continued stagnation in the bilateral space relationship and the imposition of blanket ITAR controls on U.S. space technology worldwide, however, puts the United States at risk of losing additional market share in satellites. It also isolates the United States from its own friends and allies, while heightening mistrust and prospects for conflict with China in the space security realm. Renewing civil and commercial space cooperation with China—as begun by the Reagan administration—is not a blank check and need not provide China with sensitive technologies. Instead, it can be carefully structured to allow reasonable cooperation in space science and in space commerce involving products and services available on the international market. Similarly, building a firm basis for space security relations—while recognizing our differences with China—should be pursued out of American interests. Such contacts need to be regularized and used to prevent harmful activities, increase transparency, and reduce tensions. Absent such contacts, Finally, we need to pursue closer spacerelated links to U.S. allies and friends, especially in Asia, to help strengthen U.S. capabilities and resiliency. Such actions will help create a stronger political network for U.S. space leadership and establish lasting cooperative ties. Fortunately, the administration has begun such work in the context of the new National Security Space Strategy. But it needs to stay the course and to keep Congress informed of its progress. Coop Good – Competitiveness (2/2)Tech and energy research is key to US-Sino competitiveness Cao, columnist for UPI Asia, 12/2/08 [Cong, columnist for UPI Asia and senior research associate with the Neil D. Levin Graduate Institute of International Relations and Commerce at the State University of New York, UPI Asia, “Sino-U.S. technology cooperation is vital”, 12/2/08, http://www.upiasia.com/Society_Culture/2008/12/02/sino-us_technology_cooperation_is_vital/6491/, accessed 6/31/11, HK] Barack Obama will become the next president of the United States on Jan. 20, 2009. While the China issue was not at the forefront during the presidential election, this does not mean that U.S.-China relations will remain low-profile under the new administration. There is no doubt that conflicts could arise over the issues of trade, human rights and especially Taiwan. Had there not been terrorist attacks on the United States, the relationship between these two countries would have not been as cozy as it has been over the past seven years. On the other hand, there is equally no doubt that both countries – the largest developed and developing economies – have many shared interests. In addition to the war on terror and nuclear proliferation, science and technology and some other areas with technological components will be where the two countries could join forces. . China’s economic development over the past 30 years has been resource intensive and especially energy intensive. This has not only caused a dramatic rise in the prices of related commodities globally as China has sought them out, but it has also generated enormous environmental hazards both inside and outside of China. It is reported that pollutants from Beijing have reached as far as Los Angeles. The more coal-based power plants there are generating electricity in China, the higher the price Americans will have to pay, and the more pollution will be spread to the United States and elsewhere. Therefore, it is in the interest of the United States to cooperate with China by transferring clean-coal and nuclear energy technologies. Public health is another area of interest to both countries. While the spread of SARS from China to the world, including the United States, signaled that combating infectious diseases has become a global endeavor, the recent incidents in which melamine has been found in pet food and baby formula have led to the establishment of offices in China by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. In fact, the United States and China have been working together for a long time to find the causes of ailments such as esophageal and stomach cancers among some Chinese and an alternative way to treat AIDS patients. With the easy mobility of capital and goods and especially people across borders, more multinational corporations, including many based in the United States, have moved their sophisticated operations to China to make use of its highly educated and inexpensive yet underutilized talent pool. In the meantime, the Chinese have also found the United States to be an ideal place for their pursuit of advanced studies and cutting-edge research. Indeed, Chinese are the second largest group, next to Indians, enrolled in American universities, and the largest group of international scholars in the United States. Chinese who have doctorates in science and engineering are the largest group with such high qualifications in the American science and engineering workforce. Co-authored papers between Chinese and American scientists have contributed to at least one-quarter of all internationally collaborative papers involving Chinese. However, the restrictions imposed on the entry into the United States of talented people in high-technology disciplines, many being Chinese, out of national security concerns in the aftermath of 9/11 have, to some extent, put the competitive advantage of the United States in jeopardy. Unfortunately, such limits still exist, despite repeated and continuous appeals from the American scientific community to loosen them. Hopefully, the Obama administration will have a new way of thinking in this regard. Of course, U.S-China cooperation in science and technology may have unintended consequences. For example, China may gain in competitiveness over the United States; many of the technologies are dual use, meaning they can be used for both civilian and military purposes. 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