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  • This house supports South Korea decoupling its semiconductor and defense technology supply chains from Japan.

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    South Korean companies like Samsung and SK Hynix are collaborating with foreign companies to secure supplies and expand domestic production of key materials, increasing its imports of photoresist from Belgium, investing in domestic production of fluorinated polyimide, etc.

    Diliman Asian Parliamentary 2025 · Round 4 · 2025-06-23

  • This House supports the use of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism by the European Union.

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    The Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism is an environmental policy of the European Union approved in 2023. It requires companies importing certain products into the EU—such as steel, cement, and fertilizers—to report the volume of carbon emissions generated during production. Starting in 2026, these companies will have to pay a tariff proportional to the emissions of these products.

    Campeonato Mundial de Debates em Língua Portuguesa 2025 · Rodada 4 · 2025-06-19

  • This house believes that Indonesia should make foreign access to its nickel and rare earth minerals conditional on joint development of green technologies, rather than industrial park based capital-only investments

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    The industrial park model for capital-only investments typically refers to a state-coordinated strategy where infrastructure, land, and basic utilities are concentrated within a designated industrial complex - often developed with government or public financing.

    Guangzhou United Asian Debating Championships 2025 · Round 7 · 2025-06-17

  • This house, as Elon Musk, Would reconcile with Donald Trump

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    Elon Musk is the CEO of multiple tech firms including Tesla, X (formerly known as Twitter) and SpaceX. He was also one of Donald Trump’s closest political allies in the lead up to, and directly after, the 2024 presidential elections. Recently, he stepped down from his position as the head of the Department of Governmental Efficiency, and his relationship with Trump has soured due to his strong opposition to Trump’s restrictive tariff policy and stringent immigration restrictions.

    Vietnam Asian Schools Debating Championship 2025 · Octofinals · 2025-06-15

  • This house believes that developing countries should prioritise attracting M&As investments, at the expense of attracting greenfield investments

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    "Mergers and acquisitions (M&As) are when a foreign company buys or combines with an existing local firm. In comparison, a greenfield investment is a type of foreign direct investment where a foreign company starts a new business operation in a foreign country from scratch."

    Vietnam Asian Schools Debating Championship 2025 · Round 4 · 2025-06-15

  • This house, as Samsung, would significantly invest to become FullStack

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    A FullStack company controls its entire supply chain. For example, Apples Iphones are built using Apple's own inhouse processors and operating system, and so are Googles Pixel phones. In the 5 years since western sanctions on Hauwei have forced it to create their inhouse HarmonyOS, it has now finally managed to catch back up to Vivo as the top Chinese phone brand. Two other phone makers, Xiaomi, and BBK Group (parent company of OPPO, Vivo, and OnePlus) are joining together with Huawei to create HarmonyOS³. This move would leave Samsung, which uses Google's Android, as the only major phone maker to rely on a competitors operating system.

    Zagreb Pre-EUDC 2025 · Round 5 · 2025-06-13

  • This house predicts that, if Pax Americana were to end, there would be greater prosperity in the Global South

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    Pax Americana refers to the state of the international order where the United States employed its overwhelming economic and military power to shape and direct global events.

    Santiago Ortega Cup II · Round 3 · 2025-06-07

  • This house believes that the G7 should exclude the United States from its coalition under the Trump administration

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    The G7 is a group of seven advanced economies: the US, UK, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, and Japan. It serves as a forum for economic policy coordination and addressing global challenges. However, during the Trump administration, the US pursued aggressive tariffs, trade wars, and an "America First" policy that conflicted with the G7’s emphasis on multilateralism and free trade.

    Santiago Ortega Cup II · Round 3 · 2025-06-07

  • This House regrets "Dollarization" in non-USA nations

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    For the purpose of the debate, Dollarization occurs when a country officially adopts the US dollar as its primary currency, replacing its domestic currency. Since 2000, three Latin American countries (Ecuador, El Salvador, and Panama) have fully dollarized their economies.

    Vancouver Pre-WSDC 2025 · Open Quarterfinals · 2025-06-06

  • That we oppose the narrative that governments should avoid picking winners

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    In economic policy, “picking winners” refers to governments actively supporting selected sectors or firms (via subsidies, favourable regulation, or direct investment) rather than maintaining market neutrality.

    USU Pre-Australs 2025 · Semifinals · 2025-06-01