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  • This house supports the fall of friendshoring

    Infoslide

    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. However, there is a growing trend of countries moving away from friendshoring—some pivoting towards economic isolationism to reduce external dependencies (e.g., the U.S.’s reshoring efforts), while others adopt ideological neutrality to maintain diversified trade relations (e.g., India balancing ties with both the West and Russia)

    CBS PD 2025 · Round 4 · 2025-03-15

  • This House, as Alberta, prefers a world where Quebec successfully seceded from Canada in 1995

    Infoslide

    In 1995, the government of Quebec held the last referendum on Quebec sovereignty, with the "No" side prevailing by a narrow margin of 54,288 votes and securing 50.58% of the total ballots cast. Some groups in Alberta have expressed similar desires for independence.

    McGill IV 2025 · Round 3 · 2025-03-14

  • This House Welcomes the end of Pax Americana

    Infoslide

    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.

    LSE Open 2025 · Semifinals · 2025-03-08

  • This House Supports Trump's decision to reinstate the "Maximum Pressure" campaign on Iran

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    Donald trump's "Maximum pressure campaign" directs the secretary of the treasury to impose maximum economic pressure on the government of Iran, including by sanctioning or imposing enforcement mechanisms on those acting in violation of existing sanctions

    RML PD 2025 · Semifinals · 2025-03-02

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

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    Import Substitution Industrialization (ISI) is an economic policy that encourages domestic production by reducing imports. Export-Oriented Industrialization (EOI) is an economic policy that focuses on producing goods for export by leveraging global markets.

    RML PD 2025 · Round 2 · 2025-03-02

  • This house regrets the glorification of the Golden Age of Globalisation as a goal for states to strive for.

    Infoslide

    The “_Golden Age of Globalisation_” refers to the late 20th and early 21st centuries, a period of unprecedented global economic growth and interconnectedness. This era was characterised by trade liberalisation, rapid technological advancements, the rise of multinational corporations and global supply chains, and increased cross-border movement of people, goods, and ideas. It is often seen as a time of optimism for global progress.

    Kampala Open 2025 · Novice Semifinals · 2025-02-23

  • This house, as China, would place radical restrictions on money outflows (i.e. heavily limiting the exchange of RMBs to other currencies, placing stricter controls on international remittances, abolishing chinese insurance on assets overseas, placing higher taxes on MNCs operating in China, etc.)

    Leiden Open 2025 · Partial Semifinals · 2025-02-22

  • This house believes that the U.S. should aggressively pursue the development of a domestic solar energy sector

    Infoslide

    China controls the international solar market: chinese companies produce 80% of the world's PV cells (sollar panels), control the production of key components such as polysilicon, and have patented refinement and assembly techniques of panels.

    Serious IV 2025 · Round 5 · 2025-02-18

  • This house regrets the transition from fixed exchange to floating in developed countries

    Infoslide

    A Fixed exchange refers to a system where governments back a fixed exchange rate for their currency; In other words, the government promises a constant rate of conversion between its currency and another good (often a different, stable currency or a basket of currencies). By contrast, Floating refers to a system where the government does not back any exchange rate for its currency, and exchange rates are instead set at any given point by the market.

    Serious IV 2025 · Open Semifinal · 2025-02-18

  • This house supports the EU-Mercosur trade deal.

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    The EU-Mercosur trade deal is a free trade agreement that aims to eliminate almost all taxes on products traded between the European Union and Mercosur (a trade bloc comprising Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay). The deal, if ratified, will establish one of the world's biggest free trade zones (about one-fifth of the global economy).

    Warwick Open 2025 · Semifinals · 2025-02-15

  • This house opposes the expansion of BRICS.

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    BRICS is an intergovernmental organization founded in 2009 by Brazil, Russia, India, and China, and joined a year later by South Africa. Some BRICS initiatives include the New Development Bank (a development bank owened in equal parts by the five founding BRICS members), the BRICS Contingent Reserve Arrangement (a lender of last resort for National Central Banks), and BRICS Pay (a payment system which will allow BRICS members to recieve and make payments in their own local currencies). In 2024, Argentina, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates were invited to join the BRICS. Argentina declined the invitiation, Saudi Arabia is still assessing it and all the other countries agreed to join. In 2025 Indonesia became the 10th member state of BRICS.

    Trinity College Dublin's Intervarsity Debating Competition 2025 · Semifinals · 2025-02-08