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Plan
The United States federal government should diplomatically engage the People’s Republic of China by offering to indefinitely extend and include higher-level officials at the Strategic & Economic Dialogue.

1AC Economy Advantage
The global economy is weak – and central banks are running out of tricks to keep it from collapsing Bartholomeusz 7/11 - Business Spectator Columnist for The Australian Business Review

Stephen, "A trap for the global economy?," www.theaustralian.com.au/business/a-trap-for-the-global-economy/news-story/6e438ea2280cc55328742f8bfe5fe001 The challenges facing Bank of England Governor Mark Carney as he responds to the Brexit AND discernible positive effects, the central banks would have little capacity to respond.

** Brexit causes uncertainty the global economy, especially for China – US-China S&ED is key to solve ** Frisbie 16 (John, USCBC president, press release, The US-China Business Council (USCBC) is a private, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization of roughly 220 American companies that do business with China. For over four decades, USCBC has provided unmatched information, advisory, advocacy, and program services to its membership. Through its offices in Washington, DC; Beijing; and Shanghai, USCBC is uniquely positioned to serve its members' interests in the United States and China, 6/7/16, https://www.uschina.org/media/press/us-china-business-council-president-john-frisbie-released-following-comments-upon-close)//ml US-C hina B usiness C ouncil President John Frisbiemade the following statements on Brexit's impact AND the S&ED and other engagement pay off at times like these."

S&ED is the only forum for officials from both countries to work on stabilizing the global economy while maintaining US economic leadership Lew 2016 - U.S. Secretary of the Treasury

Jack, "America and the Global Economy: The Case for US Leadership," Foreign Affairs, May/June Issue The relationship between the United States and China, the world’s two largest economies, AND even stronger platform for navigating the economic and financial landscape of the future.

That solves a host of existential threats Lew 2016 - U.S. Secretary of the Treasury

Jack, "America and the Global Economy: The Case for US Leadership," Foreign Affairs, May/June Issue But the difficulty in securing approval should not have been a complete surprise. The AND in the IMF, the World Bank, and the G-20.

BIT negotiations need the S&ED if it isn’t resolved before January Yi 6/9 /16 (Ding Yi is a staff writer for Sino-US.com, 6/9/16, “China-US S&ED makes some headway, but sticky points remain,” [] Poetic Justice) At the S&ED, China and the US agreed to exchange their negative AND financial, agricultural and medical industries to US companies with simplified approval procedures.

A BIT between the US and China is essential for the Chinese economy The Paulson Institute ’14 (The Paulson Institute is a non-partisan, non-profit “think and do” tank grounded in the principle that today’s most pressing economic and environmental challenges can be solved only if the United States and China—the world’s largest economies, energy consumers, and emitters of carbon—work in complementary ways. 12/18/14, “5 Ways a US-China Investment Treaty Would Help China” [] Poetic Justice) Just as China’s World Trade Organization market-access commitments helped accelerate reforms in China AND by the shifting political winds on attitudes toward Chinese investment in the United States

A collapsed Chinese economy is one that invites belligerence and causes war Dobell 2016 - Journalism Fellow at the Lowy Institute

Graeme, "The Biggest China 'Threat': War in the South China Sea or Economic Meltdown?," Jul 5, nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/the-biggest-china-threat-war-the-south-china-sea-or-economic-16843?page=show If China’s future course is the vital question, the answers in economy-world AND the South China Sea stays closer to the teacup end of the scale.

1AC Warming Advantage
Warming is anthropogenic and causes extinction Adams 16 --- has a degree in agriculture and cites studies done by NASA and the IPCC

(Andrew, Prince George Citizen, 4/16/16, “There is no debating scientific facts,” http://www.princegeorgecitizen.com/opinion/columnists/there-is-no-debating-scientific-facts-1.2229437)//ernst Last week I wrote about the signs of early spring and put a few jabs AND watching conspiracy theories?" P.s. The Earth is not flat.

Initiatives by the US and China are necessary to solve, but dialogue through the plan is necessary Shi et al 2014 - Key Lab of Urban Environment and Health, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Longyu Shi, Weichen Ma, Guofan Shao, Lina Tang, Yangyang Wang & Haowei Wang, "The US and China need to turn ongoing bilateral dialogue into immediate joint mitigation," International Journal of Sustainable Development & World Ecology Volume 22, Issue 1, 2015, p 25-29 Climate change mitigation is an important consideration for sustainable development at both national (Halsnæs AND  cooperation is supposed to have synergic effects but nothing can happen without action.

Empirically, S&ED drives critical climate initiatives Reynolds 2016 - writer and foreign policy analyst based in New York

Ben, "Climate Change Outcomes of the 2016 Strategic and Economic Dialogue," Jun 30, www.chinausfocus.com/finance-economy/climate-change-outcomes-of-the-2016-strategic-and-economic-dialogue/ At this year’s S&ED, the U.S. and China launched AND that we place the fate of our children before the struggle for hegemony.

Climate change exacerbrates vulnerable livelihoods, poverty, and weak states Adger & Barnett 07 (W. Neil, Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research and CSERGE, School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Jon, School of Social and Environmental Enquiry, University of Melbourne, “Climate change, human security and violent conflict” Page 643 [], ag) Vulnerable livelihoods Climate change is likely to cause widespread impacts on water availability, coastal AND the capacity of government agencies to adapt and respond to climate change itself.

1AC – Solvency
The eighth and final round of Strategic and Economic Dialogue concluded in June, opening channels for communication and cooperation on a litany of issues Shen 2016 - professor and Vice Dean at the Institute of International Studies, Fudan University

Dingli, "Strategic Dialogue Advances Partnership, with a Limit," Jun 14, www.chinausfocus.com/foreign-policy/strategic-dialogue-advances-partnership-with-a-limit/ China and the US have just conducted their eighth round of Strategic and Economic Dialogue AND was rich in ideological confrontation but lacked economic and people-based cooperation.

Scheduling the next round now signals commitment and allows for changes making for more effective discussions Reade 2016 - Senior Associate with the Freeman chair in China Studies @ CSIS

Claire, "The U.S.-China S&ED: Time to Tinker, Not to Toss," Jun 27, https://www.csis.org/analysis/us-china-sed-time-tinker-not-toss The last U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED AND  impressive S&ED gathering, while increasing the effectiveness of the effort.

Extending the scope and power of the officials in the S&ED is able to resolve all of the flaws in the current system Wong and Zhen 6/7 (Catherine Wong and Liu Zhen are staff writers for the South China Morning Post, 6/7/16, “Too many bureaucrats with too little power and a loss of focus have weakened the talks, analysts say” [] Poetic Justice) China and the United States should overhaul their annual ­strategic meeting to make it AND talks brought China and the US together, cutting bureaucratic and interministerial wrangling.

Upgrading the SED to include presidential dialogue sets a clear agenda and builds crisis management mechanisms Rudd 2015 - Senior Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs & Former Prime Minister, Australia

Kevin, "US-China 21: The Future of US-China Relations Under Xi Jinping," belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/files/Summary%20Report%20US-China%2021.pdf Beyond the two countries’ embassies, the principal mechanism for managing the breadth and depth AND 周恩来 ). This is now necessary because the stakes today are even higher. = = = Neg =

Neg Vs ISS
1NC: Space Leadership DA, Neolib K

2NR: Neolib K

Neg Vs Korea
1NC: Secrecy CP, Allied Prolif

2NR: Allied Prolif

Neg Vs Climate Coop
1NC: Neolib K, T QPQ

2NR: Neolib K

Neg Vs MES
1NC: T QPQ, Afro Pes K, Elections DA

2NR: Afro Pes K

Neg Vs AIIB
1NC: Elections DA, T QPQ

2NR: Elections DA