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  • This house prefers a world where the dominant norm was that international organizations (ie. the UN, WTO, OECD) held actual legislative power over countries.

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    Legislative power means that the international organizations can pass laws that countries must follow. For example, the EU can pass laws which countries must follow or can issue mandates where countries must take action but the types of actions are more flexible. Countries will still opt into these organizations.

    AIS Debating Championship 2025 · Novice Finals · 2025-01-03

  • This House Regrets the Franchise system

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    "A franchise is a type of license that grants a franchisee access to a franchisor's proprietary business knowledge, processes, reputation and trademarks, thus allowing the franchisee to sell a product or service under the franchisor's business name. In exchange for acquiring a franchise, the franchisee usually pays the franchisor an initial start-up fee and annual licensing fees. This is different from branch company where it is an extension of a parent company. Branch companies are not seperate legal entities and operates under the parent company's name, structure and same business activities in a different location"

    IIUM Open 2024 · Round 3 · 2024-12-21

  • This House believes that countries should adopt an economic policy of non-retaliation against protectionist measures by emerging economies

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    Protectionism refers to economic policies taken by a country to protect its industries from foreign competition. Sometimes protectionism can attract economic retaliation by foreign countries; this can look like filing a lawsuit against protectionist countries at the World Trade Organisation, and imposing tariffs or sanctions etc.

    Pre-WUDC Vienna Online Open · Round 5 · 2024-12-21

  • This house opposes regulations prohibiting the sale of counterfeit fish products

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    Counterfeit fish involves mislabeling cheaper species as pricier ones, affecting health, sustainability, and fairness. Pangasius, predominantly farmed in Vietnam, is the most widely used counterfeit fish globally, substituting cod, halibut, and sole. The counterfeit seafood market is estimated to be worth billions annually.

    Queens's Holiday Open 2024 · Grand Final · 2024-12-14

  • This house opposes regulations prohibiting the sale of counterfeit fish products

    Infoslide

    Counterfeit fish involves mislabeling cheaper species as pricier ones, affecting health, sustainability, and fairness. Pangasius, predominantly farmed in Vietnam, is the most widely used counterfeit fish globally, substituting cod, halibut, and sole. The counterfeit seafood market is estimated to be worth billions annually.

    Queens's Holiday Open 2024 · Grand Final · 2024-12-14

  • This house believes that BRICS expansion is in the interests of ASEAN nations

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    BRICS is a group of emerging economies created to coordinate its members’ economic and diplomatic policies, found new financial institutions, and reduce dependence on the U.S. dollar, such as through establishing the New Development Bank (NDB) and Contingent Reserve Arrangement (CRA) as alternatives to Bretton-Woods institutions. BRICS current has 9 member states: Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Iran, Egypt, Ethiopia, and the United Arab Emirates. BRICS recently offered invitations to 13 nations to become partner countries, including four in ASEAN (Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia and Vietnam).

    Asia Pacific WSDC 2024 · Semifinals · 2024-12-14

  • This house supports the deglobalization of the economy.

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    Deglobalization of the economy is a process involving the reduction of economic interdependencies between countries. Elements of this process include, among others, the withdrawal from free trade agreements, an increase in economic protectionism, and the limitation of international investments.

    Poznań Pro-Am 2024 · Round 4 · 2024-12-07

  • This house believes that it is in the interest of Canada to advocate for the inclusion of Mexico in any new North American Free Trade Agreement

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    Donald Trump has expressed a desire to renegotiate the US/Mexico/Canada Agreement (USMCA, formerly NAFTA) during his second term as President. He has indicated that he would like to exclude Mexico from any new North American Free Trade Agreement.

    Canadian Universities Debating Championship 2024 · Round 5 · 2024-11-22

  • This house supports a global intervention against the Houthi movement in Yemen

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    Following the civil war and Saudi invasion of Yemen in 2014, Houthi rebels control a large part of the country. Over the past year, the Houthis have been disrupting maritime trade in the Gulf of Aden - the main maritime pathway for trade from Europe to Asia - by abducting or firing at ships passing through it

    Shanghai Novice Debate Open 2024 · Semifinals · 2024-11-16