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  • This House Regrets the rise of "Social Commerce"

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    For the purposes of this debate, "social commerce" stands for the expansion of social media into e-commerce, integrating shopping features, where users can discover, browse, and purchase products without leaving the app. Examples include Facebook Marketplace, Instagram Shopping, TikTok Shop, etc.

    Ecuadorian National Schools Debating Championship 2025 · Round 5 · 2025-11-14

  • This house supports the decline of the US as a global superpower

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    "The U.S. currently holds major leverage over global geopolitics and the economy. As the world’s largest economy for much of the past century, it has shaped global trade rules and financial institutions. Most international transactions are done in USD, making it easy for the U.S. to impose sanctions, borrow cheaply, and control access to global markets. Its extensive military network allows it to project power worldwide, and its large economic influence often translates to significant diplomatic influence. However, its position as a global superpower has been challenged in recent years, political instability during the Trump administration weakened international alliances, and the rise of countries like China has introduced serious competition in economic, military, and technological arenas."

    UBC Summer HST 2025 · Round 4 · 2025-11-04

  • This house believes that that the SPSE does more harm than good

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    For the sake of this debate Somalian Piracy Stock Exchange (SPSE) refers to the informal fiancial system in which Somalian investors can fund pirate operations in exchange for part of the profits earned from ransoms. Similar to many other famous stock exchanges, SPSE lists a diverse selection of companies although all companies are related to illegal pirate operations in Somalia. Moreover, SPSE is accessible (physically but not online) to anyone willing to invest given that one has sufficient capital to do so. However, unlike other stock exchanges, SPSE allows investment via non-monetary means such as equipment like boats and guns. The monetary value of such equipment is negotiated based on supply and demand of the localized market in which the pirates operate in before being converted into 'stocks'.

    Erasmus Novice Cup · Golden Final · 2025-11-01

  • This house would ban quick trading

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    For the purposes of the debate, quick trading refers to the buy and sale of financial securities (e.g. stocks, options, futures, currencies, NFTs) within the same week.

    DTU Pre-Worlds 2025 · Round 4 · 2025-11-01

  • This House supports developing countries that possess globally significant proportions of critical resources (e.g. energy resources, rare earth minerals, strategic agricultural products, ores, fresh water) forming resource cartels.

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    A cartel occurs when a group of producers come together and agree to coordinate the supply of their product in the market, which allows them to control prices (e.g., by reducing supply to raise prices or flooding the market to lower them). For example, OPEC is a cartel of oil-producing states, led by Saudi Arabia and made up of Saudi Arabia, Iran, Kuwait, Venezuela, Iraq, Algeria, Ecuador, Gabon, Indonesia, Libya, Nigeria, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates.

    Armorial 2025 · Rodada 5 · 2025-11-01

  • This house supports the reforms by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to ease international trade in the rupee

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    As of October 2025, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has announced a series of reforms to ease and facilitate international trade in the rupee. These reforms include: (i) easing the process for foreign banks to open an SVRA*, (ii) allowing SVRA account surpluses to be invested into corporate and government bonds, (iii) allowing authorised dealer banks in India to lend in rupees to neighbouring countries, (iv) establishing a transparent reference rate for currencies of India's major trading partners, and (iv) easing regulatory burdens for non-resident Indian entities looking to establish business in India. *A special rupee vostro account (SVRA) is an account held by an Indian bank on behalf of a foreign correspondent bank. The SVRA stores the foreign bank's rupee balances for the purposes of settling international trade transactions.

    Malaysia Pre-WUDC 2025 · Semifinals · 2025-10-18

  • THW renationalize Air Canada

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    Until 1989, Air Canada was a crown corporation. It was fully privatized that year, and is a publicly traded company today, with a market cap of around $5.4 billion. If Air Canada were to be renationalized, it would return to its previous status as a crown corporation, and become a government-run corporation.

    Laurier (Waterloo) Fall High School Tournament 2025 · Round 5 · 2025-10-11

  • This house believes that that Modi's pursuit of closer ties with Russia and China is in the interest of the BJP.

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    Recently, India's prime minister, Narenda Modi, has sought closer ties with Russia and China. He has shown up at their propaganda events and wants both increased economic and military cooperation with these states Modi's party, the BJP, is the largest party in India.

    Dutch Debating League 2025 · Round 5 · 2025-10-11

  • TH, as American defense giants, would decrease its reliance on contracts from US and US-allied nations

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    American defense giants refer to the five major US-based defense contractors (Lockheed Martin, RTX, Northrop Grunman, Boeing and General Dynamics) that sell missiles, fighter jets and other military technologies. Their primary contractor is the US Department of Defense but they have also increasingly expanded their contracts to the European Union and other US-allied nations.

    Kontra-Korap Cup · Octofinals · 2025-10-01

  • TH opposes the dominance of the Chinese shipping and ship-making industry

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    China currently captures more than 50% of all new commercial ships by tonnage with China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) being by far the world's biggest shipbuilding company. It also owns the world's largest fleet of commercial ships, and dominates global shipping container production and intermodal chasis supply.

    Kontra-Korap Cup · Novice Quarterfinals · 2025-10-01

  • This house supports the Mirziyoyev reforms in Uzbekistan

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    The “Mirziyoyev Reforms” refer to the economic and political reforms undertaken by President Shavkat Mirziyoyev of Uzbekistan since starting his term in 2014. These have included economic liberalization and the reduction of the power of state owned enterprises, constitutional amendments aimed at consolidating federal power and reducing the strength of autonomous regions, and increasing cross-border trade with nearby Central Asian nations.

    UCLA IV 2025 · Round 5 · 2025-09-27