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  • This house, as the Malaysian government, would readopt the Look East Policy

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    Mahathir Mohamad's \"Look East Policy\" was an initiative implemented during his tenure as Prime Minister of Malaysia from 1981 to 2003. The policy refers to both an emphasis on economic trade with East Asian states i.e. Japan and Korea as well as an emulation of East Asian values. Under status quo, Malaysia has adopted a foreign policy of neutrality."

    Sunway Mini 2024 · Grand Final · 2024-04-06

  • This house believes that that a Nippon Steel acquisition of U.S. Steel is in the best interest of the United States

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    In December 2023, Japanese steel manufacturer Nippon Steel proposed to buy out U.S. Steel for $14B. The move has been opposed by President Joe Biden. proposed acquisition also beat out other bids by major US steel companies Nucor and Cleveland-Cliffs. The proposed acquisition by Cleveland-Cliffs, for example, would have given the firm 100% control of blast furnace steelmaking in the US.

    Southern Luzon Inter High School Debate Encounter 2024 · Round 2 · 2024-04-06

  • This House opposes paid downloadable contents or expansion packs in gaming

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    Downloadable content (DLC) is additional content created for an already released video game. These add-ons usually add new game areas, weapons, 'skins', objects, characters, adventures or an extended storyline to an already-released game.

    Cebu Intervarsity Pre-UADC · Round 2 · 2024-04-05

  • This House supports US Senate passing the PAFACA

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    The Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act (PAFACA) is a proposed bill in the United States Congress. The bill would make it illegal to distribute, maintain, or update (or enable the distribution, maintenance, or updating of) social media applications designated as being controlled by United States "foreign adversaries", unless exempted under a qualified divestiture as determined by the president of the United States. The bill explicitly targets Chinese internet technology company ByteDance and its video platform TikTok, and also provides for other large social media applications to be targeted under the bill if they are deemed by the U.S. president to pose a threat to national security. The bill was passed by the House of Representatives on March 13, 2024; and if passed through the Senate, forces ByteDance to sell TikTok, or have the platform banned altogether.

    Cebu Intervarsity Pre-UADC · Open Quarterfinals · 2024-04-05

  • That we support the 1998 waterfront reforms

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    In the 1990's, Australia had inefficient ports as a result of union domination. For instance, the Patricks Company (a dock working company) had an exclusive contract with the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) that required them to hire union workers. Industrial action was common, prices were high and there were substantial delays.</p><p>The Australian government and Patricks colluded to union bust the MUA, and began a campaign to reform the waterfront. Patricks secretly trained a non union workforce in Dubai. The Australian government made funds available to Patricks in the event of an industrial dispute, and passed legislation which put further limits on industrial action. In 1998, Patricks locked out its union workforce and replaced them with the non union workforce.&nbsp;<br></p><p>Eventually a deal was reached between Patricks and the MUA to reform the way the waterfront operated. These reforms included allowances for the hiring of non union labour on the waterfront, casualisation of the workforce, paycuts, increased working hours and redundancies. This lead to a substantial weakening of the MUA's power.</p><p>Collectively, this process is referred to as the 'waterfront reforms'

    University of Queensland Easters 2024 · Octofinals · 2024-04-01

  • That, as the CCP, we would limit the import quota to six foreign films a year

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    China has an import quota capping the number of imported foreign films to 34 a year. Films that are jointly produced with China are not subject to the import quota because China controls at least 50% of the copyright and profits/losses of the film. China is the 2nd largest film market in the world

    University of Queensland Easters 2024 · Round 4 · 2024-04-01

  • That ECOWAS should offer to end sanctions against Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger in exchange for withdrawal of their notices to leave ECOWAS

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    Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger are Sahelian states in Western Africa that experienced military coups in 2021, 2022,and 2023 respectively. Nigeria leads the regional bloc, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), which placed sanctions on all three nations with a longstanding policy of sanctioning any ECOWAS states that overthrow democratically elected governments. After the coup in Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso declared they would militarily support Niger if Niger was attacked. In January 2024, all three countries gave notices to leave ECOWAS which take a effect a year after their submission.<br>The Sahelian countries mostly export gold (~$15 bil combined), with some cotton (~$600 mil combined), sesame seeds (~500 mil combined), and Niger exports radioactive ores (~300 mil). All three countries depend on imports for food, weapons, industrial goods, and chemicals.

    University of Queensland Easters 2024 · Semifinals · 2024-04-01

  • That, as China, we would encourage the consolidation of electric vehicle makers

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    China manufactures more electric vehicles than the rest of the world combined. China hosts over 300 domestic electric vehicle companies as well as Tesla, Volkswagen and other foreign brands who have gigaplants manufacturing EVs in China. Chinese EV companies are steeply cutting car prices to maintain market share. The CCP has historically encouraged market consolidation in other industries by removing merger barriers and using CCP officials to initiate merger negotiations.

    University of Queensland Easters 2024 · Round 5 · 2024-04-01

  • That the Nippon Steel purchase of US Steel is in the interests of the United States

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    Nippon Steel is a Japanese company which is the 4th largest steel producer in the world. In December 2023, they agreed to purchase US Steel, the US's 2nd largest steel company. In the last 15 years, US steel has shrunk in market capitalisation and output, from the 8th largest in the world to the 24th largest in the world. Nippon has promised to uphold all of US Steel's obligations to workers under it's collective bargaining agreements. Despite this, the acquisition is opposed by the United Steelworkers Union, Joe Biden and Donald Trump.

    University of Queensland Easters 2024 · Semifinals · 2024-04-01

  • This house believes that it is in the interest of Western states to aggressively engage in nearshoring

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    Nearshoring is the practice of outsourcing business operations or services to companies in neighboring or nearby countries, rather than to more distant ones. In status quo, western countries engage in offshoring, for eg. Apple's manufacturing houses in China, US telecom centers in India etc.

    IIT Kanpur APD 2024 · Semifinals · 2024-03-29

  • This house believes that developing island states should sell 99-year leases for significant portions of their EEZ to companies

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    The Exclusive Economic Zone of a nation is ocean territory that stretches from 12 to 200 Nautical Miles from the coast. Nations are currently responsible for regulating maritime affairs within this area (e.g. fishing, commerce, and policing). For eg. the Philippines has one of the largestEEZin the world which supports fishing, tourism, renewable energy projects, etc.

    IIT Kanpur APD 2024 · Semifinals · 2024-03-29

  • This house, as the BJP, would have India join the RCEP.

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    The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) is a free trade agreement among the Asia-Pacific nations of Australia, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, New Zealand, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, and Vietnam. The RCEP involves the elimination of tariffs and establishes common rules for trade and intellectual property. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is the Hindu nationalist ruling party of India.

    North American Universities Debating Championship 2024 · Round 8 · 2024-03-28

  • This house believes that countries with high rare earth mineral deposits (e.g., lithium, cobalt) should nationalize its extraction and production

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    Rare earth minerals have diverse uses. Lithium and cobalt, for instance, can be used in making batteries, as in smartphones or electric vehicles (EVs).

    Manila Pro-Am 2024: Pre-UADC · Grand Final · 2024-03-23

  • This house believes that liberal democracies should friendshore aggressively even when it results in significant slowdown to economic growth.

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    Friendshoring refers to a country rerouting its supply chains towards geopolitical allies and away from countries with which it has geopolitical tensions. The rerouting of supply chains may include: changing the places where goods are manufactured, the way they are transported, the raw materials with which they are made, etc.

    UCL IV 2024 · Round 5 · 2024-03-23