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  • In developing countries, This house believes that governments should prioritize subsiding companies in emerging domains of at the expense of continuing subsidization to traditional industries

    Zagreb Pre-EUDC 2024 · Round 3 · 2024-06-15

  • This house opposes the plan of President Marcos.

    Infoslide

    In 2019, R.A. 11203, or the Rice Tariffication Law (RTL) was enacted to replace the quantitative restrictions on rice importation with a tariff system to address the rice shortage and reduce the price of rice. Meanwhile, due to the increasing price of rice, President Marcos plans to exercise his emergency power under RTL and reduce the tariff on rice imports from 35% to 15% until the end of his term in 2028 to mitigate the rice inflation.

    2nd Butuan Intervarsity · High School Grandfinals · 2024-06-14

  • This house regrets the prevalence of contract farming in the developing world

    Infoslide

    Contract farming is an agreement between a buyer and a farmer or producer that outlines the terms and conditions for the production and marketing of farm products. The agreement is usually made in advance and specifies the price, quantity, quality, and delivery date of the product. It may also include details about how production will be carried out, such as whether the buyer will provide seeds, fertilizers, or technical advice.

    CIS Summer BP Open 2024 · Round 2 · 2024-06-08

  • This house believes that developing states which hold globally significant proportions of critical resources (e.g. energy resources, rare earth minerals, agricultural goods, ores, fresh water) should form resource cartels

    Infoslide

    A cartel is when a group of producers agree to coordinate supply of their product to the market, which means they can control prices such as when you cut supply to increase prices or flood the market to decrease prices. For example, OPEC is a cartel of oil-producing states that is led by Saudi Arabia.

    Northern Region Interschool Debate Championship 2024 · Open Semifinal · 2024-06-08

  • This house believes that the international community should aggressively intervene to regulate Rwanda's extractive mineral industry

    Infoslide

    Rwanda boasts a long history of mining, dating back to the 1930s. Today, it's a major player on the global stage, especially for tantalum (used in electronics) and tungsten, contributing significantly to the country's export earnings. While small-scale mines are common, Rwanda has invested in refineries to process minerals domestically and is working to address the environmental and social impacts of the industry. Rwanda has been accused of being a transit point for "blood minerals" smuggled from the neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) where violent conflict persists.

    CIS Summer BP Open 2024 · Grand Final · 2024-06-08

  • This House believes that Western countries should impose protectionist measures (e.g. high tariffs) against Chinese EV manufacturers

    Infoslide

    Chinese electric vehicle (EV) manufacturers, including BYD, Xpeng and Nio, are planning an aggressive expansion into the American and European consumer markets.

    Untitled Pre-Glasgow Competition · Round 2 · 2024-06-08

  • This House, as ByteDance, would sell its stake of TikTok in the United States

    Infoslide

    ByteDance is a Chinese company most well-known for developing the apps of TikTok and Douyin. Legislation in the United States was recently passed, banning TikTok in the United States unless all of ByteDance’s shares are divested. ByteDance also has the option to simply shut down TikTok.

    Greater Bay Area WSDC 2024 · Senior Pre Semi · 2024-06-08

  • This House believes that Hong Kong and Macau should use the Chinese Yuan as opposed to the Hong Kong Dollar and Macanese pataca

    Infoslide

    Under the "One Country, Two Systems" principle, Macau and Hong Kong do not presently use the Chinese Yuan. Macau uses the Macanese Pataca which is pegged to the Hong Kong Dollar at a fixed exchange rate of $1HKD = $1.03MOP, while Hong Kong uses the Hong Kong Dollar which is pegged to the US Dollar at a fixed exchange rate of $1USD = $7.80HKD. The Chinese Yuan, used in Mainland China, is pegged to an unspecified basket of currencies, and is used as a reserve currency by the IMF.

    Greater Bay Area WSDC 2024 · Senior Semi Final · 2024-06-08

  • This House believes that developing countries should prioritise import substitution industrialisation over export oriented industrialisation

    Infoslide

    Import substitution industrialization (ISI): A policy that advocates replacing foreign imports with domestic production Export-oriented industrialization (EOI): A policy aiming to speed up the industrialization by exporting goods

    War of Words Debating Championship 2024 · Semifinals · 2024-06-07

  • This house believes that China should aggressively pivot to the production of advanced microprocesors.

    Infoslide

    A microprocessor is an electronic component that is used by a computer to do its work. The development of very complex computers and AI systems are heavily influenced by having access to advanced microprocessors. Starting with October 2022, The U.S. has imposed a series of export control measures to heavily restrict China's access to advanced AI chips made with U.S. inputs, as well as to other tools used to developed AI produced by allies (the Netherlands, Japan etc) Four of the nine largest companies by market share (68% in total), producing semiconductors and other materials used to construct microprocessors, operate in Taiwan. Similar Chinese companies make up only about 7% of the global market.

    Erasmus Rotterdam Open 2024 · Semifinals · 2024-06-01

  • This House supports the establishment of the "Global South" as a formal organization

    Infoslide

    The Global South is a rising term mainly used by Western politicians, which usually includes non-Western countries such as China, India, Brazil, South Africa, Indonesia and more. The term is used to denote how those emerging economies aspire to have more power over global affairs and often have a critical view of Western policy. The Global South is not a formal group yet. However, some Global South countries (i.e., Brazil, China, and India) have recently shown interests in pioneering to formalize the Global South as an organization.

    NUDC 2024 Tingkat Nasional · Round 6 · 2024-05-26

  • This house believes that New Zealand should focus more on ‘resilience’ over ‘efficiency’ when it comes to economic policy.

    Infoslide

    Efficiency-oriented economic policy centers on reducing prices and maximizing output by allocating production according to where a comparative advantage exists (e.g., lowering barriers to trade and investment, removing regulations that impede competition). Resilience-oriented economic policy sacrifices efficiency in order to build redundancies in the event of economic shocks (e.g., subsidizing domestic production, restricting trade of key technologies with adversaries, building national reserves).

    New Zealand Schools' Debating Championships 2024 · Round 7 · 2024-05-24

  • This House believes that significant separation between the USA and China is not in the interest of the USA.

    Infoslide

    The separation between the USA and China implies a reduction in interdependence and cooperation between these two countries in various fields. This process, among other things, includes increasing tariffs on many Chinese products, control and export restrictions on high-tech products like chips, limiting Chinese investments in sectors like telecommunications, as well as limiting academic cooperation between American and Chinese universities.

    Deni Krejn 2024 · Round 4 · 2024-05-18

  • In countries with hyperinflation of domestic agro-fishery products, This house prefers increasing foreign supplies (e.g. relaxing standards for foreign crops, cutting tariffs, etc.) rather than supporting domestic industries (e.g. providing subsidies, public buy-out, etc.).

    HDS x SNUDA KIDA National Championships 2024 · Round 4 · 2024-05-17

  • That we should break up Coles and Woolworths

    Infoslide

    In order to break up large or dominant corporations, governments may, amongst other things: force them to divest assets to other firms, block them from expanding by preventing mergers with and acquisitions of other firms, encourage and support the growth of smaller and medium-sized firms, and allow the the entry of established international firms into domestic markets (e.g. through subsidies, tax exemptions, etc.).

    University of Sydney Union Grandslam 2024 · Round 2 · 2024-05-12

  • That, as the CCP, we would significantly reduce government interference in the business and financial sector (e.g. deregulation, divesting from state owned enterprises, lifting restrictions on foreign investment, allowing free exchange of financial assets, etc.)

    Infoslide

    The CCP intervenes in corporate governance by: its direct control of many large state-owned enterprises; requiring for large private firms to include party cells; crack downs against firms and businesspeople who criticise regulations; encouraging firms in strategic industries to publicly list on stock exchanges; and restrictions on foreign investment. The party also intervenes in financial markets by limiting short selling, blocking trades deemed suspicious, and using state investment banks and sovereign wealth funds to manipulate asset prices through their investments.

    University of Sydney Union Grandslam 2024 · Semifinals · 2024-05-12