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2 Versions of the 1AC it's most likely v2 that we'll be reading

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**__ 1AC V. 1 __**  **__ Relations __** (Raul, April, “Opinion: President Obama has the chance to improve US/Mexico relations,” http://nbclatino.com/2013/04/29/opinion-president-obama-has-the-chance-to-improve-usmexico-relations/)//BB// //Obama will arrive in Mexico …. with Mexico based on its potential, not on its problems.// //** Thinking BEYOND security is key – energy cooperation overcomes alternate impediments and creates a resilient partnership **// //** Miller and DeLeon 9 ** - *Stephanie, consultant on U.S.-Latin America relations and was formerly the Research Associate for the Americas Project on the National Security Team. Born in Venezuela with family from Colombia, Miller earned her degree from Duke University in International Comparative Studies with a focus on Latin America. She currently lives in Bogotá, Colombia, **Rudy, Senior Vice President of National Security and International Policy at American Progress**// //**(“Transcending the Rio Grande,” http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2009/04/pdf/mexico.pdf)**//**BB** SEQUENCING is vital – CLIMATE cooperation FIRST spills over to the rest of relations Donnelly 10 **– Program Associate, Mexico Institute @ Wilson Center** // Only Obama solves – reverses Anti-US sentiment throughout Latin America // // Valencia 13 ** - New York-based political analyst and is a contributing writer for Global Voices Online// //(Robert, “U.S. and Latin America: Economic Cooperation without Militarization?,” http://www.worldpolicy.org/blog/2013/05/20/us-and-latin-america-economic-cooperation-without-militarization)//BB In May, President Barack Obama visited Mexico … security integration amongst themselves.
 * Advantage one – relations **
 * Energy cooperation is key to a SUSTAINABLE partnership – boosts regional economy, solves Mexican violence and reverses Latin anti-US sentiment **
 * Reyes 13 ** – JD, member of the USA Today Board of Contributors
 * The U.S.-Mexico relationship …allies in the hemisphere.**
 * (Robert, “U.S.-Mexico Cooperation on Renewable Energy: Building a Green Agenda,” http://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/us-mexico-cooperation-renewable-energy-building-green-agenda)//BB//**
 * //Discussant Johanna Mendelson Forman stressed … of adequate export-import financing.//**

US technical assistance is key to FOLLOW THROUGH on commitments
Wood 13 – PhD, Director of Mexico Institute (Duncan, “Hearing Before the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives,” March 14, Lexis)//BB// //Underlying all three of these areas are … regulation and industry best practices.//

//** US-Mexico climate cooperation prevents Latin skirmishes from escalating to war **// //** Barry 13 ** – senior policy analyst at the Center for International Policy, where he directs the TransBorder project, he specializes in immigration policy, homeland security, border security and the outsourcing of national security, has authored or co-authored more than twenty books on Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, food aid, the United Nations, free trade and U.S. foreign policy// //(Tom, “Changing Perspectives on US-Mexico Relations,” http://truth-out.org/news/item/16221-changing-perspectives-on-us-mexico-relations)//BB It’s unfortunate that the two presidents … and part of the larger North American community with shared interests and responsibilities. (James, Professor of Political Science at Okanagan University College, Discovering the Americas: the evolution of Canadian foreign policy towards Latin America, pp. 130-131)//BB// //While there were economic motivations…, such as Contadora, as will be discussed in the next chapter.// //** Independently, a US economic crisis is coming **// //** DeLong 13 **- Professor of Economics at the University of California, Berkeley, a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, and a Visiting Fellow at the Kauffman Foundation (J. Bradford, “The Second Great Depression: Why the Economic Crisis is Worse Than You Think”, July/August 2013 Foreign Affairs)//Beddow Despite its many virtues, however, … another major economic crisis in the years ahead. (“An action plan for US policy in the Americas,” December, http://www.aei.org/outlook/foreign-and-defense-policy/regional/latin-america/an-action-plan-for-us-policy-in-the-americas/)//BB Key points in this Outlook: America’s economic crisis and threats to US security … means a more prosperous United States.
 * Latin American wars go global **
 * Rochin 94 **–Professor of Political Science
 * Latin energy connectivity is key to growth **
 * Noriega and Cardenas 12 ** – *Former US State Dept Official, ** director with Vision Americas

US-Mexico relations key to the economy
Villarreal 12 ** (M. Angeles Villareal, Specialist in International Trade and Finance, “US-Mexico Economic Relations: Trade, Issues, and Implications”, ** [] ** RT ** The bilateral economic …This report will be updated as events warrant

Economic collapse causes nuclear war
Broward 9 ((Member of Triond) [])

Now its time to … in the 21st century.

**__ Warming __**
 * Advantage two – warming **

(William, “Expert credibility in climate change,” National Academy of Sciences, p. 12107-12109)//BB Preliminary reviews of scientific literature and surveys of cli- mate … forums regarding anthropogenic climate change.
 * Scenario one is Multilat **
 * Global warming is real and human induced – top climate scientists agree **
 * Anderegg et al 10 ** – PhD Candidate @ Stanford in Biology

Warming is reversible but the brink is now
Lemonick, Climate Central, ’12 [Michael D. Lemonick, senior staff writer at Climate Central, a non-profit climate reporting service, and a former senior science writer at Time magazine, 12/21/12, “It’s Not Too Late to Limit Global Temperatures - But Almost,” http://www.climatecentral.org/news/its-not-too-late-to-limit-global-temperatures-but-almost-15397, accessed 12/23/12, JTF]

For a couple of years now, climate scientists have agreed… power-plant smokestacks before it can enter the atmosphere.

Every degree matters to solve warming
Robin, “Capturing Carbon: The New Weapon in the War Against Climate Change,” Google Book Part of this fallacy is to say that carbon capture … valid options is bound to be sub-optimal.
 * Mills 11** – *MSc in Geological Sciences @ Cambridge

Renewables solve the power sector – key to reverse emissions
Nevertheless, the analysis presented in this report suggests that … only through further research and expanded field experience.
 * Morgan et al. 5** – Carnegie Mellon University (Granger Morgan, Jay Apt, and Lester Lave, “The U.S. Electric Power Sector and Climate Change Mitigation” Pew Center on Global Climate Change, June 2005, http://wpweb2.tepper.cmu.edu/ceic/papers/USElectricPower.pdf) MR

Only the plan solves – climate cooperation must be sustainable – failing now
Mabey 9 (Nick Mabey, Founder of E3G, a foundation that wants to excel the sustainable future of the world, What does the Security Community need from a ¶ Global Climate Regime?, [], November 2009, 8/1/13, //CW)

The grid above presents four scenarios looking at different combinations … interventions ¶ are undertaken.

Reliance on unilateralism will collapse US leadership and cause nuclear terrorism, disease, AIDS, poverty, and hunger - extinction

 * Montalván, 10** - a 17-year veteran of the U.S. Army including multiple combat tours in Iraq, master's of science from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism (Luis, “Multilateralism is Essential for Peace in the 21st Century” Huffington Post, 4/23, [])

Unilateralism is the wrong approach … Now is the time to create rather than divide common ground.

All their impacts are inevitable in a world without multilateralism— multilat is key
The UN's relevance does not stand or fall on its conduct … partnership with the United States.
 * Tharoor 3** **(**Minister of State for Human Resources Development (Shashi, “Why America Still Needs the United Nations”, p. 67)

Mexico Leadership key to climate multilateralism
O’Neill 13 – PhD in Government @ Harvard, senior fellow for Latin America Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, a nonpartisan foreign-policy think tank and membership organization (Shannon, “Mexico Makes It: A Transformed Society, Economy, and Government,” Foreign Affairs, 92.2)//BB If Mexico addresses these challenges, … climate change accords

Mexico key to solve climate change – Cancun Agreements prove
Villar ’12 (Marina Guajardo Villar, June 2012 “How is Mexico implementing its soft power by means of its public diplomacy to influence its international image?” Master Thesis, Clingendael, Netherlands Institute of International Relations, the paper extensively consulted the work of Joseph Nye, Nicholas Cull, Jan Melissen and Simon Anholt https://openaccess.leidenuniv.nl/bitstream/handle/1887/19412/MarinaGuajardo_MasterThesis_FINAL.pdf?sequence=1,//JG) COP16/CMP6 refers to the 16th edition of Conference of the Parties of the … ¶ climate change” (Yvo de Boer, former head of UN climate change).

Warming outweighs every other impact – history is irrelevant
Valsamma, physics professor, ’12 [K.M. Valsamma, Cochin University of Science and Technology physics professor, March 2012, “Prospecting the Future: Meeting the Challenges Posed by Climate Change,” Bonfring International Journal of Industrial Engineering and Management Science, Vol. 2, No. 1, http://www.bonfring.org/journals/iems/papers/BIJ-002-1074.pdf, accessed 1/29/13, JTF]

The emissions from human activities is reshaping the carbon cycle. … of natural habitats”.

Multiple scenarios for extinction
Brandenburg, physicist, and Paxson, science writer, ’99 [John Brandenburg, plasma physicist, worked in defense, energy, and space research, visiting Prof. Researcher @ Florida Space Institute, and part of the Clementine Mission to the Moon which discovered water at the Moon's poles; Monica Paxson, Science and environment writer, “Dead Mars, Dying Earth,” pgs. 232-233]

The ozone hole expands, driven by a monstrous synergy … a few hardy microbes surviving.

(“Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy and Transportation: Project Opportunities in the U.S. – Mexico Border Region,” http://www.cocef.org/Eng/VLibrary/Publications/SpecialReports/BECC%20WP%20%20Nov%202011%20index.pdf)//BB// //This white paper describes the current deficit … experienced program manager.// //** Scenario 2 is spillover: **// //** Mexico is key **// //** 1. Production – they have ENORMOUS renewable energy potential **// //** Wood 10 ** – PhD in Political Studies @ Queen’s, Professor @ ITAM in Mexico City// //(Duncan, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, http://www.statealliancepartnership.org/resources_files/USMexico_Cooperation_Renewable_Energies.pdf)//BB The North American contextThe North American … private sectordevelopment of renewable resources (“U.S., Canada, Mexico Vow ‘Continental’ Energy Grid,” http://www.reepedia.com/archives/4568)//BB The leaders of the United States, Mexico, and Canada today pledged to develop … increasing North American energy trade.”
 * Technical assistance for renewables significantly reduces greenhouse gases **
 * COCEF 12 ** - La Comisión de Cooperación Ecológica Fronteriza
 * 2. Technology transfer – Mexico will spread the green tech globally **
 * ENS 12 ** – Environmental News Service

Renewables solve warming AND OTHER COUNTRIES ARE JUST WAITING FOR LATIN AMERICA TO TAKE THE LEAD
// ¶¶ Introduction ¶ In Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), … for both large and small-scale ¶ generation; and an increased vehicle fleet electrification. //
 * Vergara et al, 13** Walter Vergara is chief of sustainable energy and climate change at the IDB, Claudio Alatorre is an independent consultant, with expertise on the analysis of the energy transition, as well as on the design and implementation of enabling policy and institutional frameworks, and Leandro Alves is Head of the Energy Division of the Infrastructure and Environment Department of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), responsible for Energy, Oil and Gas, Extractive Industries, and Biofuels for the Latin America and the Caribbean region (“Rethinking Our Energy Future: A White Paper on Renewable Energy for the 3GFLAC Regional Forum” InterAmerican Development Bank June 2013 [] ) //czhang//

//** Specifically – the US is key **// //--aid is high now, but should be re-oriented towards renewables// //** Hartsoch 11 ** – MA @ San Jose State, Senior Vice President of Marketing and Sales for SolFocus// //(Nancy, “A Sunny Future for Border Relations?,” http://breakingenergy.com/2011/05/10/featured-a-sunny-future-for-border-relations/)//BB Amidst the darkening cloud of violence … to creating a peaceful, prosperous, cleaner future. (Felicity, “Mexico offers tantalising prospect of a dawning major market,” http://www.pv-tech.org/editors_blog/mexico_offers_tantalising_prospect_of_a_dawning_major_market)//BB Solar investors in the US and further afield would really love to get their hands on Mexico's solar market: great resource on cheap desert land located squarely in the southern sun-belt. Some experts estimate that it would … gas pipelines,” said Hanhausen.
 * Renewables solve quickly – outside expertise is key **
 * Carus 13 ** - UK journalist, regularly reporting on clean energy policy and finance from California for a global audience

Clean tech solves warming
Arthouros, and John, Climate &, “Increasing Renewable Energy in U.S. Can Solve Global Warming”, 1-24, http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/infocus/story?id=47208 The good news first. __ … __impact on the global climate.
 * Zervos & Coequyt 7** - European Renewable Energy Council & Climate & Energy Unit @ Greenpeace

US investment is key – Mexico alone doesn’t have the transmission capacity
//Expanding Transmission Infrastructure¶ Transmission expansion … transmission capacity planning, cost allocation, and financing.//
 * Vergara et al, 13** Walter Vergara is chief of sustainable energy and climate change at the IDB, Claudio Alatorre is an independent consultant, with expertise on the analysis of the energy transition, as well as on the design and implementation of enabling policy and institutional frameworks, and Leandro Alves is Head of the Energy Division of the Infrastructure and Environment Department of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), responsible for Energy, Oil and Gas, Extractive Industries, and Biofuels for the Latin America and the Caribbean region (“Rethinking Our Energy Future: A White Paper on Renewable Energy for the 3GFLAC Regional Forum” InterAmerican Development Bank June 2013 [] ) //czhang//

**__ Plan __** //** The United States Federal Government should provide renewable energy assistance to Mexico. **// **__ Solvency __** //** Finally – solvency **// //** An expanded BECC role quickly facilitates a Mexican green economy **// //** COCEF 12 ** - La Comisión de Cooperación Ecológica Fronteriza// //(“Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy and Transportation: Project Opportunities in the U.S. – Mexico Border Region,” http://www.cocef.org/Eng/VLibrary/Publications/SpecialReports/BECC%20WP%20%20Nov%202011%20index.pdf)//BB SECTION 4: BECC – THE BORDER TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROVIDER 25Since 1995, … assistance in the focus sectors.

The BECC improves the environment, sanitation, cooperation, democracy, and human rights.
//The mission of the BECC is to work to preserve, …, productivity, customer satisfaction, internal processes, employee motivation, and training.//
 * DOS 12**– United States Department of State (“Border Environment Cooperation Commission”, 2012; < http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/181136.pdf>)//Beddow//

//** US aid to Mexico high now – Merida Initiative **// //** Janes 13 **(Jared Janes, Reporter for The Monitor, 2/4/13, “Cuellar: U.S. aid to Mexico should continue”, http://www.themonitor.com/news/local/article_72349d54-6e60-11e2-898e-001a4bcf6878.html//DH) U.S. aid allocated under the …call the assistance to Mexico.”

(Ailun, “What Is The Future Of King Coal In China?” http://insights.wri.org/news/2012/10/what-future-king-coal-china) China’s great thirst for coal is undeniably troubling … clean and low-carbon future.
 * China is going green now **
 * Yang 12 ** – World Resources Institute

=**__1AC V. 2__**= **__ Relations __** Reyes 13 – JD, member of the USA Today Board of Contributors (Raul, April, “Opinion: President Obama has the chance to improve US/Mexico relations,” http://nbclatino.com/2013/04/29/opinion-president-obama-has-the-chance-to-improve-usmexico-relations/)//BB// //Obama will arrive in Mexico with good and bad… policy with Mexico based on its potential, not on its problems.// //** Thinking BEYOND security is key – energy cooperation overcomes alternate impediments and creates a resilient partnership **// //Miller and DeLeon 9 - *Stephanie, consultant on U.S.-Latin America relations and was formerly the Research Associate for the Americas Project on the National Security Team. Born in Venezuela with family from Colombia, Miller earned her degree from Duke University in International Comparative Studies with a focus on Latin America. She currently lives in Bogotá, Colombia, **Rudy, Senior Vice President of National Security and International Policy at American Progress**// //**(“Transcending the Rio Grande,” http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2009/04/pdf/mexico.pdf)**//**BB** SEQUENCING is vital – CLIMATE cooperation FIRST spills over to the rest of relations // Only Obama solves – reverses Anti-US sentiment throughout Latin America // //**Valencia 13 - New York-based political analyst and is a contributing writer for Global Voices Online**// //**(Robert, “U.S. and Latin America: Economic Cooperation without Militarization?,” http://www.worldpolicy.org/blog/2013/05/20/us-and-latin-america-economic-cooperation-without-militarization)**//**BB** US-Mexico climate cooperation prevents Latin skirmishes from escalating to war Barry 13 **– senior policy analyst at the Center for International Policy, where he directs the TransBorder project, he specializes in immigration policy, homeland security, border security and the outsourcing of national security, has authored or co-authored more than twenty books on Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, food aid, the United Nations, free trade and U.S. foreign policy** // Latin American wars go global // // Rochin 94 **–Professor of Political Science**// //**(James, Professor of Political Science at Okanagan University College, Discovering the Americas: the evolution of Canadian foreign policy towards Latin America, pp. 130-131)**//**BB** Independently, a US economic crisis is coming
 * Advantage one – relations **
 * Energy cooperation is key to a SUSTAINABLE partnership – boosts regional economy, solves Mexican violence and reverses Latin anti-US sentiment **
 * The U.S.-Mexico relationship is ready … United States’ most important and strategic allies in the hemisphere.**
 * Donnelly 10 – Program Associate, Mexico Institute @ Wilson Center**
 * (Robert, “U.S.-Mexico Cooperation on Renewable Energy: Building a Green Agenda,” http://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/us-mexico-cooperation-renewable-energy-building-green-agenda)//BB//**
 * //Discussant Johanna Mendelson .. of adequate export-import financing.//**
 * In May, President Barack Obama visited Mexico and … pricing, regulation and industry best practices.**
 * (Tom, “Changing Perspectives on US-Mexico Relations,” http://truth-out.org/news/item/16221-changing-perspectives-on-us-mexico-relations)//BB//**
 * //It’s unfortunate that the two presidents chose … with shared interests and responsibilities.//**
 * While there were economic motivations … be discussed in the next chapter.**
 * DeLong 13 - Professor of Economics at the University of California, Berkeley, a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, and a Visiting Fellow at the Kauffman Foundation (J. Bradford, “The Second Great Depression: Why the Economic Crisis is Worse Than You Think”, July/August 2013 Foreign Affairs)//Beddow//**
 * //Despite its many virtues, … another major economic crisis in the years ahead.//**

//__ Warming __// // Advantage two – warming // // Scenario one is Multilat // // Global warming is real and human induced – top climate scientists agree **// //Anderegg et al 10 – PhD Candidate @ Stanford in Biology// //(William, “Expert credibility in climate change,” National Academy of Sciences, p. 12107-12109)//BB Preliminary reviews of scientific literature and surveys of cli- mate scientists indicate striking agreement with the primary conclusions of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC): anthropogenic greenhouse gases have been responsible for … and public forums regarding anthropogenic climate change.

Warming is reversible but the brink is now
Lemonick, Climate Central, ’12 [Michael D. Lemonick, senior staff writer at Climate Central, a non-profit climate reporting service, and a former senior science writer at Time magazine, 12/21/12, “It’s Not Too Late to Limit Global Temperatures - But Almost,” http://www.climatecentral.org/news/its-not-too-late-to-limit-global-temperatures-but-almost-15397, accessed 12/23/12, JTF]

For a couple of years now, climate scientists have … -plant smokestacks before it can enter the atmosphere.

ENS 12 – Environmental News Service (“U.S., Canada, Mexico Vow ‘Continental’ Energy Grid,” http://www.reepedia.com/archives/4568)//BB The leaders of the United States, Mexico, and Canada … interconnection and welcome increasing North American energy trade.”
 * Mexico is key **
 * 2. Technology transfer – Mexico will spread the green tech globally **

3. Influence - Cancun Agreements prove
Villar ’12 (Marina Guajardo Villar, June 2012 “How is Mexico implementing its soft power by means of its public diplomacy to influence its international image?” Master Thesis, Clingendael, Netherlands Institute of International Relations, the paper extensively consulted the work of Joseph Nye, Nicholas Cull, Jan Melissen and Simon Anholt https://openaccess.leidenuniv.nl/bitstream/handle/1887/19412/MarinaGuajardo_MasterThesis_FINAL.pdf?sequence=1,//JG)// //COP16/CMP6 refers to the 16th edition of … help people adjust to ¶ climate change” (Yvo de Boer, former head of UN climate change).//

//** Specifically – the US is key **// //--aid is high now, but should be re-oriented towards renewables// //** Hartsoch 11 ** – MA @ San Jose State, Senior Vice President of Marketing and Sales for SolFocus// //(Nancy, “A Sunny Future for Border Relations?,” http://breakingenergy.com/2011/05/10/featured-a-sunny-future-for-border-relations/)//BB Amidst the darkening cloud of violence that … means to creating a peaceful, prosperous, cleaner future. (Felicity, “Mexico offers tantalising prospect of a dawning major market,” http://www.pv-tech.org/editors_blog/mexico_offers_tantalising_prospect_of_a_dawning_major_market)//BB Solar investors in the US and further afield … potential gas pipelines,” said Hanhausen.
 * Renewables solve quickly – outside expertise is key **
 * Carus 13 ** - UK journalist, regularly reporting on clean energy policy and finance from California for a global audience

Every degree matters to solve warming
Robin, “Capturing Carbon: The New Weapon in the War Against Climate Change,” Google Book Part of this fallacy is to say that carbon capture. … options is bound to be sub-optimal.
 * Mills 11** – *MSc in Geological Sciences @ Cambridge

Warming outweighs every other impact – history is irrelevant
Valsamma, physics professor, ’12 [K.M. Valsamma, Cochin University of Science and Technology physics professor, March 2012, “Prospecting the Future: Meeting the Challenges Posed by Climate Change,” Bonfring International Journal of Industrial Engineering and Management Science, Vol. 2, No. 1, http://www.bonfring.org/journals/iems/papers/BIJ-002-1074.pdf, accessed 1/29/13, JTF]

The emissions from human activities is reshaping the carbon … the destruction of natural habitats”.

Multiple scenarios for extinction
Brandenburg, physicist, and Paxson, science writer, ’99 [John Brandenburg, plasma physicist, worked in defense, energy, and space research, visiting Prof. Researcher @ Florida Space Institute, and part of the Clementine Mission to the Moon which discovered water at the Moon's poles; Monica Paxson, Science and environment writer, “Dead Mars, Dying Earth,” pgs. 232-233]

The ozone hole expands, driven by a monstrous synergy … perhaps a few hardy microbes surviving.

Manufacturing is flat in squo
Jasinowski 7/24 (Jerry Jasinowski, an economist and author, served as President of the National Association of Manufacturers for 14 years and later The Manufacturing Institute, MA in economics from Columbia university, “A Fragile Economy”, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jerry-jasinowski/a-fragile-economy_b_3643560.html)//TC The U.S economy is beginning to resemble a house of … economic and market volatility.

Clean energy cooperation is key to border competitiveness
--fossil fuels fail: shortage, lead to warming and no water supply Sweedler 3 – Professor of Physics @ San Diego State, founded and is the Director of SDSU's Center for Energy Studies, (Al, et al, “Energy Issues in the U.S.-Mexican Binational Region: Focus on California-Baja California,” in “United States-Mexican Border Environment,” ch. I-5)//BB In addition to the increased need for power, … and stress limited water supplies.

Reverse causal – energy shortages collapse border-region competitiveness
Sweedler 3 – Professor of Physics @ San Diego State, founded and is the Director of SDSU's Center for Energy Studies, (Al, et al, “Energy Issues in the U.S.-Mexican Binational Region: Focus on California-Baja California,” in “United States-Mexican Border Environment,” ch. I-5)//BB Mexico’s electricity sector is … against population in Figure 4.

Border competitiveness key to nearshoring
Matthews 12 (Lucia and Richie Matthews, co-directors of [|DIÁLOGO], a public relations firm with offices in New York, San Diego and Mexico City, “Richie Matthews: Nearshoring, the Key to US Mexico Relations”, September 15th of 2012, http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/news/2012/09/15/nearshoring-key-to-us-mexico-relations/)//TC

“Nearshore” outsourcing is the practice of… enhancing U.S.-Mexico relations.

That boosts the US manufacturing industry
University of Iowa 01 University of Iowa Center for International Finance and Development, “Has NAFTA Contributed to Economic Development in Mexico?”, http://blogs.law.uiowa.edu/ebook/issues/nafta/perspectives/has-nafta-contributed-to-economic-development-in-mexico Probably the most relevant success of NAFTA … shipping from Mexico directly to clients.

Manufacturing deters all war and solves the escalation of conflict
====O’Hanlon 11 (Mackenzie Eaglen, American Enterprise Institute Rebecca Grant, IRIS Research Robert P. Haffa, Haffa Defense Consulting Michael O'Hanlon, The Brookings Institution Peter W. Singer, The Brookings Institution Martin Sullivan, Commonwealth Consulting Barry Watts, Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments “The Arsenal of Democracy and How to Preserve It: Key Issues in Defense Industrial Policy January 2012,” pg online @ [|http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/research/files/papers/2012/1/26%20defense%20industrial%20base/0126_defense_industrial_base_ohanlon])====

The current wave of defense cuts is also different than … in a globalized marketplace.


 * Manufacturing industry is key to __agricultural technology advances__ and __precision farming__ **

**Lind and Freeman 12** (Michael Lind, policy director of New America’s Economic Growth Program and a co-founder of the New America Foundation, Joshua Freedman, program associate in New America’s Economic Growth Program, “Value Added: America’s Manufacturing Future,” New America Foundation, April 2012, [] )

Advanced manufacturing is not limited to new,… brochure looks like a consumer electronics guide.


 * __ Two impacts __**** --- **

**__First__ --- agricultural technology advances solve extinction**

**Trewavas, 2k** (Anthony, Professor at the Institute of Cell and Molecular Biology at the University of Edinburgh, “GM IS the Best Option We Have”, [] )

In 535A.D. a volcano near the present … buffer between us and annihilation.

**__Second__** **--- efficient and precise farming solves extinction**

**Lugar 2k** (Richard, a US Senator from Indiana, is Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and a member and former chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee, “calls for a new green revolution to combat global warming and reduce world instability,” pg online @ [] ) In a world confronted by global terrorism, turmoil in the Middle East, … role in the survival of billions of people and the health of our planet.

**__ Plan __**
 * The United States Federal Government should provide renewable energy assistance to Mexico. **

**__ Solvency __** //** Finally – solvency **// //** An expanded BECC role quickly facilitates a Mexican green economy **// //** COCEF 12 ** - La Comisión de Cooperación Ecológica Fronteriza// //(“Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy and Transportation: Project Opportunities in the U.S. – Mexico Border Region,” http://www.cocef.org/Eng/VLibrary/Publications/SpecialReports/BECC%20WP%20%20Nov%202011%20index.pdf)//BB SECTION 4: BECC – THE BORDER TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROVIDER 25Since 1995, … assistance in the focus sectors.

The BECC improves the environment, sanitation, cooperation, democracy, and human rights.
//The mission of the BECC is to work to preserve, …, productivity, customer satisfaction, internal processes, employee motivation, and training.//
 * DOS 12**– United States Department of State (“Border Environment Cooperation Commission”, 2012; < http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/181136.pdf>)//Beddow//

//** US aid to Mexico high now – Merida Initiative **// //** Janes 13 **(Jared Janes, Reporter for The Monitor, 2/4/13, “Cuellar: U.S. aid to Mexico should continue”, http://www.themonitor.com/news/local/article_72349d54-6e60-11e2-898e-001a4bcf6878.html//DH) U.S. aid allocated under the …call the assistance to Mexico.”

(Ailun, “What Is The Future Of King Coal In China?” http://insights.wri.org/news/2012/10/what-future-king-coal-china) China’s great thirst for coal is undeniably troubling … clean and low-carbon future.
 * China is going green now **
 * Yang 12 ** – World Resources Institute