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CONTENTION 1 IS INHERENCY
Agricultural trade agreements relating to Mexico Missouri have
not moved forward, resulting in a detriment to the economy.
Blunt 11 Roy Blunt, US Senator for Missouri, Congressional Record Volume 157,
Number 152 (Wednesday, October 12, 2011) [Senate] [Pages S6418-S6452] From
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Dakota and the comments he made about the
disadvantage we have created for ourselves in the last 3 years by not moving
forward with these trade agreements long ago. But we are going to move forward today. Jumpstarting America's economy is going to require bipartisanship. If we are going to compete in a global
economy, it means we are all going to have to work together to help create
economic opportunities for Americans who are looking for work, help to create
those private sector jobs that are the difference in a prosperous economy and an
economy that is struggling.

Madam President, I join with my good friend from South

CONTENTION 2 IS HARMS
Trade barriers are hurting the economy of Missouri and the
United States
Blunt 11 Roy Blunt, US Senator for Missouri, Congressional Record Volume 157,
Number 152 (Wednesday, October 12, 2011) [Senate] [Pages S6418-S6452] From
the Congressional Record Online through the Government Printing Office
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told me that ``significant
government-mandated trade barriers are hurting'' his attempts to compete and
develop markets for American black walnuts, which are harvested by hand in
Missouri and other Midwestern States. Brian noted, if these trade deals passed, ``our
company can buy more black walnuts from thousands of people in Missouri and 11
other States, providing cash to those rural areas.

Brian Hammons, president of Hammons Products Company in Stockton, MO,

Thus we present the following plan the United States federal

government should substantially increase its economic
engagement toward Mexico, Missouri by removing restrictions
on agricultural exports from the city.
CONTENTION 3 IS SOLVENCY
Removing restrictions on agricultural exports solves both the
Mexico, Missouri economy and the United States economy
Blunt 11 Roy Blunt, US Senator for Missouri, Congressional Record Volume 157,
Number 152 (Wednesday, October 12, 2011) [Senate] [Pages S6418-S6452] From
the Congressional Record Online through the Government Printing Office
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night the motion to open debate on the President's so-called jobs bill was amended by his own party and was
defeated then by a bipartisan vote in the Senate. That is not the kind of bipartisanship we need. We need
bipartisanship moving forward not bipartisanship walking away. The bill was defeated because it does not make
economic sense--as the President said in August of 2009--to raise taxes on job creators. In fact, the
administration, by its own accounting, said roughly 80 percent of the people who would be impacted by the surtax
imposed by the bill that was set aside last night would be defined as businesses, the very businesses that need
to create jobs in an economy where that should be the No. 1 priority. The President's first $800 billion stimulus
plan failed to stimulate. It did not create the private sector jobs we needed and, simply, my view of the $450
billion we were talking about yesterday was that it was more of the same. But today is not more of the same.
bipartisan opportunity to move forward with a bipartisan bill to help jump-start our economy. If
there is low-hanging fruit in job creation, it is exporting products to markets that
want to buy them. This is not about labor conditions in Colombia or whatever might happen in Korea or

Today is a

Panama. This is about products that American workers make and whether they can get into those markets. I
would also say that for well over a decade now Colombian products have come into our country without a tariff
Andean Free Trade Agreement. Well, so this can't be about Colombian
labor. It must be about American labor and what we can do for American workers.
We can open markets for American products , and that is what we are going to do today, I hope,
as we move to agree to these trade bills. These trade agreements would mean an
additional $2.5 billion per year in agricultural exports. Every billion dollars' worth of
agricultural exports means an estimated 8,000 new jobs in Missouri. In Missouri, the trade-related
jobs grew more than three times faster than other employment from 2004
to 2008. I recently asked Missourians on Facebook and Twitter to share some of their personal stories about

under something called the

how they thought these trade agreements would impact their lives. Glen Cope, a young full-time farmer from
Aurora, MO, noted: Agriculture is not drawing young people to stay on the farm. . . . because it is difficult to make
land payments based on what little we get for the products we produce-- Versus the inputs-- and this has been
the case now for generations. Glen called on Congress to help farmers by creating ``more demand for our
products if we are going to get young people to stay and take over the farm.'' Their parents and grandparents
have produced food for our country and for much of the world for a long time. Glen Cope's generation can
continue to do the same. Chris Chinn, who runs a family farm in Clarence, MO, in northeast Missouri, told me if
these trade deals pass, her family ``could receive almost $11 more for every hog they sell.'' Now, she noted,
while $11 may not sound like a lot, it sure seemed like a lot when they were losing $20 for every hog they sold
from 2007 through 2010. That makes the difference in whether that family stays on the farm. Chris urged
Congress to pass these agreements because ``this increased revenue will help us meet expenses and help us
ensure our family farm will be there to pass on to my kids, who will be the sixth generation of farmers in our
family.'' Barbara Wilson noted that ``agriculture

fuels the economy in our small town of

Mexico, Missouri.'' She told me that the passage of these free-trade agreements
would lead to an ``increased demand for our corn and our soybeans,'' and she stressed
that ``when the agricultural economy is good, the economy in our small town
benefits.'' That means increased jobs in all sectors of that small-town economy .

Mexico, Missouri is in a central location that allows for

convenient and high levels of agricultural trade
Runge ND Russell Runge Assistant City Manager/Economic Development
Director, Mexico, Missouri, Mexico, Missouri: A Community Profile
http://www.mexicomissouri.net/DocumentCenter/View/2501 [acc. 12/5/13] //PBM
A primary factor drawing business and families to any city is its convenient
location and easy accessibility. For Mexico, this is definitely the case. Surrounded by
rolling countryside and woodlands, Mexico offers the peace and solitude sought by families and
workers seeking a much-needed retreat from todays hectic world. Yet, Mexicos proximity to the
major airports, big league sports stadiums, and the cities arts and entertainment
venues provide Mexico residents the best of both worlds. CLIMATE The average annual:
Temperature54F July Temperature...................78.8 January Temperature......30.3
Rainfall...39.38 in. Snowfall....19.8 in. Humidity.70% Wind

Velocity.9.9 mph POPULATION City of Mexico...11,543 Audrain County. ....25,529

the future Mexico, Missouri with a population of approximately
is located in the central part of the state, 15 miles north of I-70. Founded by immigrants
moving west in 1836, Mexico developed in the 19th century as an agricultural trade center

HISTORY Proud of its past and poised for

11,543

CONTENTION 4 IS SIGNIFICANCE
A slowdown in American exports threatens the global economy
House and Morath 2013Johnathan House and Eric Morath Staff Writers July
4, 2013Wall Street Journal "Export Declines Signal Headwinds Ahead Trade Gap
Widens 12% as Imports Climb; Economists Cut GDP Estimates" Updated, 9:45 p.m.
ET
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324853704578583352356200418.
html

WASHINGTONThe world's economic growth is increasingly falling on the shoulders

of U.S. consumers. But at the same time, a slowdown in U.S. exports is threatening
to restrain the already fitful recovery. U.S. imports jumped in May, reflecting an
emerging rebound in American demand for foreign products other than oil. At the
same time, a continued softening in U.S. exports highlighted the global troubles
weighing on American firms trying to sell their goods abroad while demand from key
trading partners falters. The weakness in American exports represents a mounting
headwind for the U.S. economy, primarily due to a prolonged recession in Europe
and China's slowdown from its previous breakneck growth rate. Exports, which
helped power the early stages of the economic recovery, had supported U.S. growth
until a year ago. American businesses are already citing the dynamic as harmful.
Joe Alvarado, chairman and chief executive of Commercial Metals Co., told investors
last week that a decline in international sales for the Irving, Texas, steel producer
contributed to a 53% year-over-year drop in the company's earnings in its latest
quarter. "Extended weakness in global demand and significant overcapacity in
Europe and China have depressed steel prices and margins," Mr. Alvarado said.
"International markets remain more difficult and uncertain ." A jump in imports in
May, on the other hand, underscored U.S. consumer spending as one of the chief
drivers of the domestic economic recovery alongside a resurgent U.S. housing
market. Apart from oil imports, which have been declining partly due to rising
domestic production, U.S. consumers are regaining their appetite for foreign goods
and supporting foreign manufacturers. American consumers served as an important
driver of global growth over the past decade until demand tumbled after the
recession started in 2007. Consumers have proven resilient since the start of the
year despite higher payroll taxes, modest job creation and weak wage growth. U.S.
demand for imports was broad-based with automobiles, consumer goods and capital
goods all showing healthy gains. "Import growthdoes impart some optimism with
regard to how the domestic consumer feels," economists at BBVA said in a note to
clients. U.S. exports fell by a seasonally adjusted 0.3% to $187.06 billion in May
from a month earlier, as demand from China and other key economies faltered,
according to figures released Wednesday by the Commerce Department. Imports
rose 1.9% to $232.09 billion. As a result, the nation's trade gap widened 12% to

$45.03 billion. Stripping out the effect of declining oil imports, the May trade gap
was the highest since September 2007. The widening trade gap led several
economists to downgrade their estimates for growth in the second quarter, which
ended Sunday. The forecasting firm Macroeconomic Advisers lowered its estimate of
second-quarter growth by 0.4 percentage point to 1.3%. In the first quarter, GDP
rose 1.8%. Pierpont Securities economist Stephen Stanley lowered his growth
forecast for the period even more, to 0.5% from 1%. "This seems pretty dire," Mr.
Stanley said. The world's increasing reliance on the U.S. econom y, which remains
relatively soft, could pose challenges for overall global growth in the coming months
unless demand rebounds quickly elsewhere.

Everyone is from Mexico Missouri we control the internal link

to every impact
Robinson ND Robinson, Taylor, Welcome to Mexico Missouri, Going to Mexico
n/d http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7203c0ac#/7203c0ac/63 //PBM
Is Everybody from Mexico? Bill Lowe attended a unique reception in Moscow back in 1974. He was part of
a trade mission, a goodwill effort to help thaw U.S.-Soviet relations and establish commerce. He introduced
himself to US Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird the president of the US Chamber of Commerce from Mexico,
Missouri. The next person Secretary Laird met was Missouri's governor. "I'm Kit Bond," the governor
said, "and I'm from Mexico, Missouri " Laird thanked the governor and turned to greet the next American.
Robert M. White, former editor of the New York Herald Tribune stuck out his hand, "I'm Robert White, from
Mexico, Missouri" Laird could stand it no longer. "Is everybody from Mexico,
Missouri?"

CONTENTION 5 IS TOPICALITY
The topic this year is that the United States federal
government should substantially increase its economic
engagement towards Cuba, Mexico or Venezuela. We choose
Mexico, specifically, Mexico, Missouri
The framers of the topic support our decision, the people who
wrote the resolution say that in this context Mexico is a nation
Topic Paragraph 2013
Topic paragraph, http://www.nfhs.org/content.aspx?id=7349
Emerging from a 19th century dominated by European colonialism and a late 20th-century existence as a proxy
battlefield for the Cold War, Latin America is arriving on the world scene in ways that are likely to reshape the

This resolution focuses on the nations of Cuba, Mexico and

Venezuela, each having its own unique dynamic which provides fertile ground for a
year of debating
international political landscape.

And a nation means a group of people with a defined

territory and government our city in Missouri meets
Merriam-Webster ND Merriam Webster Online Dictionary, Nation,
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nation

a community of people composed of one or more nationalities and possessing a

more or less defined territory and government

And economic engagement includes the removal of trade

barriers the plan is economic engagement.
Haass 2k
Director of Foreign Policy Studies Robert N., Director of Foreign Policy Studies, Brookings, 2000, Survival, Vol 42,
no. 2, Summer, p. 114-5

Economic engagement
might offer tangible incentives such as export credits, investment insurance or promotion, access to
technology, loans or economic aid. Other equally useful economic incentives involve the
removal of penalties such as trade embargoes, investment bans or high
tariffs, which have impeded economic relations between the United States and the target country.
Architects of engagement strategies can choose from a wide variety of incentives.

Facilitated entry into the global economic arena and the institutions that govern it rank among the most potent
incentives in todays global market. Similarly,political engagement can involve the lure of diplomatic recognition,
access to regional or international institutions, the scheduling of summits between leaders or the termination of
these benefits.

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Counter-interpretation: Mexico means Mexico, Missouri
Wikipedia 13 Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, Multiple Contributors, really
reliable, Mexico, Missouri http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexico,_Missouri //PBM
Mexico is a city in Audrain County, Missouri, United States. The population was 11,543 at the
2010 census. It is the county seat of Audrain County [6]. The Mexico Micropolitan Statistical Area
consists of Audrain County. Mexico hosts the annual Miss Missouri Pageant; the winner
goes on to represent the state of Missouri in the Miss America pageant .

Counter standards
Extend framers intent <insert analysis>
The country of Mexico doesnt meet framers intent they dont
have a government therefore they are not a nation
President Woodrow Wilson 13 (Woodrow Wilson, President of the United
States, in his State of the Union message, 1913,
http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Human%20Rights
%20Documents/WWilson_LAmerMexico.html)
There is but one cloud upon our horizon. That has shown itself to the south of us,
and hangs over Mexico. There can be no certain prospect of peace in America until
Gen. Huerta has surrendered his usurped authority in Mexico; until it is understood
on all hands, indeed, that such pretended governments will not be countenanced or
dealt with by the Government of the United States. We are the friends of
constitutional government in America; we are more than its friends, we are its
champions; because in no other way can our neighbors, to whom we would wish in
every way to make proof of our friendship, work out their own development in
peace and liberty. Mexico has no Government. The attempt to maintain one at
the City of Mexico has broken down, and a mere military despotism has been set up
which has hardly more than the semblance of national authority. It originated in the
usurpation of Victoriano Huerta, who, after a brief attempt to play the part of
constitutional President, has at last cast aside even the pretense of legal right and
declared himself dictator. As a consequence, a condition of affairs now exists in
Mexico which has made it doubtful whether even the most elementary and
fundamental rights either of her own people or of the citizens of other countries
resident within her territory can long be successfully safeguarded, and which
threatens, if long continued, to imperil the interests of peace, order, and tolerable
life in the lands immediately to the south of us.... But he has not succeeded. He has
forfeited the respect and the moral support even of those who were at one time
willing to see him succeed. Little by little he has been completely isolated. By a little
every day his power and prestige are crumbling and the collapse is not far away. We
shall not, I believe, be obliged to alter our policy of watchful waiting. And then,
when the end comes, we shall hope to see constitutional order restored in
distressed Mexico by the concert and energy of such of her leaders as prefer the
liberty of their people to their own ambitions....

Limits we only add ONE city to the topic, thats compared to

the negatives extra whole COUNTRY.

Topicality

T Must be Mexico, Missouri

Interpretation: Mexico means Mexico, Missouri
Wikipedia 13 Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, Multiple Contributors, really
reliable, Mexico, Missouri http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexico,_Missouri //PBM
Mexico is a city in Audrain County, Missouri, United States. The population was 11,543 at the
2010 census. It is the county seat of Audrain County [6]. The Mexico Micropolitan Statistical Area
consists of Audrain County. Mexico hosts the annual Miss Missouri Pageant; the winner
goes on to represent the state of Missouri in the Miss America pageant .

Violation: They talk about the country of Mexico, not the city of
Mexico, Missouri.
Standards:
FRAMERS INTENT:
The NFL topic paragraph defines Mexico in the context of the
resolution as a nation
Topic Paragraph 2013
Topic paragraph, http://www.nfhs.org/content.aspx?id=7349
Emerging from a 19th century dominated by European colonialism and a late 20th-century existence as a proxy
battlefield for the Cold War, Latin America is arriving on the world scene in ways that are likely to reshape the

This resolution focuses on the nations of Cuba, Mexico and

Venezuela, each having its own unique dynamic which provides fertile ground for a
year of debating
international political landscape.

And a nation means a group of people with a defined

territory and government
Merriam-Webster ND Merriam Webster Online Dictionary, Nation,
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nation
a community of people composed of one or more nationalities and possessing a
more or less defined territory and government

The country of Mexico doesnt meet they dont have a

government therefore they are not a nation
President Woodrow Wilson 13 (Woodrow Wilson, President of the United
States, in his State of the Union message, 1913,
http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Human%20Rights
%20Documents/WWilson_LAmerMexico.html)
There is but one cloud upon our horizon. That has shown itself to the south of us,
and hangs over Mexico. There can be no certain prospect of peace in America until
Gen. Huerta has surrendered his usurped authority in Mexico; until it is understood
on all hands, indeed, that such pretended governments will not be countenanced or
dealt with by the Government of the United States. We are the friends of
constitutional government in America; we are more than its friends, we are its

champions; because in no other way can our neighbors, to whom we would wish in
every way to make proof of our friendship, work out their own development in
peace and liberty. Mexico has no Government. The attempt to maintain one at
the City of Mexico has broken down, and a mere military despotism has been set up
which has hardly more than the semblance of national authority. It originated in the
usurpation of Victoriano Huerta, who, after a brief attempt to play the part of
constitutional President, has at last cast aside even the pretense of legal right and
declared himself dictator. As a consequence, a condition of affairs now exists in
Mexico which has made it doubtful whether even the most elementary and
fundamental rights either of her own people or of the citizens of other countries
resident within her territory can long be successfully safeguarded, and which
threatens, if long continued, to imperil the interests of peace, order, and tolerable
life in the lands immediately to the south of us.... But he has not succeeded. He has
forfeited the respect and the moral support even of those who were at one time
willing to see him succeed. Little by little he has been completely isolated. By a little
every day his power and prestige are crumbling and the collapse is not far away. We
shall not, I believe, be obliged to alter our policy of watchful waiting. And then,
when the end comes, we shall hope to see constitutional order restored in
distressed Mexico by the concert and energy of such of her leaders as prefer the
liberty of their people to their own ambitions....

The only Mexico that meets is Mexico, Missouri it is the

county seat for Audrain County
Voters: Fairness expanding the topic to three countries is
ridiculous and creates way too much of a research burden for
the neg its better to just have two countries and a small
town in Missouri. Education we were only able to research
about Mexico, Missouri so in-round education is hurt.