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I/L Takeout WTO-TradeFtas solve for trade better than WTO means we still solve for trade impacts Lee 2005, (Y.S. Hamline University School of Law, Bilateralism Under the World Trade Organization, http://law.bepress.com/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3242&context=expresso&sei-redir=1#search=%22bilateral%20trade%20WTO%22, Accessed 7/26/11) It has also been observed that RTAs have proliferated as the subjects of multilateral negotiations in the WTO framework have been expanded into politically sensitive areas such as trade and investment, trade and competition policy, intellectual property rights, and epidemics, and therefore, have become more difficult.13 As an alternative to multilateral negotiations on a global scale that could take years to come to any consensus, nations have begun to resort to trade negotiations among a more limited number of countries sharing common interests in trade and investment, closer economic and cultural ties, and geographic proximity. This trend has led to the formation of a number of RTAs around the world as previously noted. In 2002, the four largest free trade areas (the EU, NAFTA, MERCOSUR and ASEAN) accounted for 64.5 per cent of world exports and 69.5 per cent of world imports.14 Concerns have been expressed against this proliferation of RTAs, since it may erode WTO disciplines and distract Members from important multilateral negotiations. ***Links***2NC Link WallNASA not popular with public or congress Pasztor, July 22,2011 (Andy Pasztor, NASA’s post-shuttle plans generate little excitement, http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111903554904576460203278610600.html?mod=googlenews_wsj ,July 27, 2011) Despite the fanfare surrounding Thursday's final shuttle landing, plans for future U.S. manned space exploration have failed to spark broad public excitement or congressional backing. Starting in the late 1980s, three presidents prior to Barack Obama proposed plans for rockets and spacecraft intended to replace the shuttle fleet operated by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, only to discover the projects were either unaffordable or lacked political support. So far, the Obama administration doesn't appear to be faring much better. The administration wants to rely on commercial space-taxis for the next decade or two to reach the orbiting International Space Station. But the planned commercial projects are years late, and critics worry there may be fewer of them than initially envisioned, which could hurt the program's reliability. Plans for vehicles built and operated by NASA to take astronauts deeper into space also face major delays. The agency is having trouble coming up with cost effective new propulsion systems, and is facing bipartisan pressure in Congress to use variants of shuttle technology to reduce layoffs in states and districts where it is manufactured. Lawmakers in both parties complain that arguments over such matters have [that has] damaged NASA's credibility on Capitol Hill. NASA unpopular – no clear plan and false promises
NASA is unpopular with U.S. Senate due to budget conflict Svitak, March 16, 11 (Amy Svitak, NASA commitment to Senate wishes questioned, http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42118138/ns/technology_and_science-space, July 28, 2011) Members of the U.S. Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee questioned NASA’s commitment to building new hardware capable of sending astronauts beyond low Earth orbit by mid-decade as directed in a hotly contested but ultimately bipartisan law the panel drafted last year. During a March 15 hearing, the committee’s top Republican, Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison of Texas, criticized the 2012 budget plan President Barack Obama sent lawmakers Feb. 14, saying it ignores congressional direction in the NASA Authorization Act of 2010 that pared back the administration’s commercial space transportation and technology efforts in favor of rapidly developing a national launch capability needed for manned space missions. "It is the law and it isn’t an advisory framework," Hutchison told a panel of NASA associate administrators called to defend Obama’s $18.5 billion budget request for NASA next year. "Yet five months have passed since the law’s passage and we’re still waiting for signs that the agency will comply with these directions." Hutchison took particular issue with NASA’s failure to complete a report outlining plans for the capsule and heavy-lift rocket called for in the law and blasted the president’s spending plan for funding the launch system and crew capsule at $1.3 billion below authorized levels. Nasa unpopular with congress- much distrust and frustration Foust 7/24- senior analyst with the Futron Corporation, Space Politics (Jeff F. 7/24 "Polls suggest support for space exploration but not bigger budgets" http://www.spacepolitics.com/category/nasa/ )PHS I have not had a chance to review yesterday’s Senate Commerce Committee hearing on “Contributions of Space to National Imperatives” (I’m on travel this week at the International Space Development Conference in Huntsville). However, there is at least one newsworthy item of interest to come out of the hearing. In his opening testimony, committee chairman Sen. Jay Rockefeller IV (D-WV) said that he and other committee members have sent a letter to NASA administrator Charles Bolden asking, in effect, for proof that NASA is implementing provisions of the NASA authorization act passed last year: More than seven months after President Obama signed this [authorization] bill into law, I am concerned NASA is not moving forward with implementing it with the urgency it requires. I’m worried that NASA’s inaction and indecision in making this transition could hurt America’s space leadership—something that would cost us billions of dollars and years to repair. It is for this reason that I’m prepared to step up the Committee’s oversight today. This morning I, along with members of this Committee, sent a letter to Administrator Bolden. The letter outlines steps NASA should to take to help this Committee determine whether it is fully implementing the law. As I’ve said before, implementation of the law is a priority for me, and for this Committee. We simply can’t afford to get it wrong. Space News provides some more details about the contents of the letter, which isn’t posted on the committee’s web site. The committee is asking for “bi-monthly briefings and detailed information” on the agency’s implementation plans, starting at the end of this month. The documentation includes a variety of reports on heavy-lift launch vehicle development and transition of Orion to the Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle, studies assessing demand for commercial crew transportation (including a controversial Aerospace Corporation study that suggested the business case for commercial crew didn’t close), effects on the the country’s propulsion industrial base of a new heavy-lift vehicle, and lists of contract modifications and transitions, among other documents. It’s the latest sign of frustration that has been building among some members of Congress for months about the lack of information they’ve received from NASA about their plans. NASA, though, blames the fact that a final FY11 spending measure wasn’t passed until last month; the long series of continuing resolutions and uncertainty during that time hindered their planning, they argue. Directory: file -> view view -> Western Europe after wwii view -> Author study: paul fleischman view -> Qpa1 7ela study Guide view -> Arctic Oil/Gas Neg view -> November 1970 Approximately 150,000-500,000 deaths Bhola Cyclone Bangladesh view -> Grade Level: 6 Unit of Study: Caribbean glce view -> Citation: Duffield, Katy view -> Table of Contents Lesson # view -> Chinese Wind Energy Disad Download 0.85 Mb. Share with your friends:
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