Maggie+Wang+and+Michael+Cho


 * Neg:**


 * 1ncs:**
 * T-qpq**
 * T-unconditional**
 * Consult Japan CP**
 * Rising Expectations DA**
 * Japan DA**
 * Elections DA**
 * Xi good ptx DA**
 * Xi bad ptx DA**
 * Neolib K**
 * Secrecy CP**


 * 2nrs:**
 * Elections DA**
 * Japan DA**
 * Rising Expectations DA**

=1AC=

====The United States federal government should, through engagement with the People’s Republic of China, end the use of non-Market Status methodology in anti-dumping calculations on the People’s Republic of China if China dismantles state ownership of its steel industry====

The US will break its legal obligation to treat China as a Market Economy in 2016---removing this barrier now promotes resilient relations and a rules-based trade order
Watson 14 – JD from Tulane University Law School, and an LLM in international and comparative law from the George Washington University Law School (K William, “Will Nonmarket Economy Methodology Go Quietly into the Night?,” CATO Policy Analysis, No. 763)//BB

Failure to grant market-status leads to an escalatory trade conflict
Goldhaber 15 – JD @ Yale, ‎Senior International Correspondent at The American Lawyer (Michael, “The U.S. Offensive in the China Trade War,” The American Lawyer, Lexis)//BB

Using market economy status as leverage incentives Chinese market reform
Evans 4 (Donald, 4th U.S. Secretary of Commerce of the United States, “STATEMENT FROM COMMERCE SECRETARY DONALD L. EVANS ON AMERICA'S ECONOMIC RELATIONSHIP WITH CHINA”, https://wfile.ait.org.tw/wf-archive/2004/040430/epf506.htm)//ghs-gk

Chinese market reform is critical to the American steel industry
Lane 6/11/2016 (Charles is a Post editorial writer, specializing in economic policy, federal fiscal issues and business, member of the Council on Foreign Relations, “The Post's View A fight worth having with China”, The Washington Post, []

A US-China trade war wrecks __global__ trade norms---causes military conflict
Beams 16 – member of the International Editorial Board of the World Socialist Web Site, and an internationally-recognised expert on Marxist political economy. He has written extensively and delivered public lectures in many countries on the global financial crisis, globalisation and the collapse of the USSR (Nick, “Economic Conflicts Threaten Global Trade War,” http://www.globalresearch.ca/economic-conflicts-threaten-global-trade-war/5528689)//BB

The US is uniquely key---they’re the most protectionist country
Shen 15 [Lucinda, reporter, Fortune Magazine, “The country that imposes the most restrictions on trade might surprise you”, 9/30/15, http://www.businessinsider.com/the-us-is-the-most-protectionist-nation-2015-9]//DBI

**The impact is great power war
Drezner 16 – professor of international politics @ Tufts (Daniel, “Five Known Unknowns about the Next Generation Global Political Economy,” http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/research/files/papers/2016/05/future-global-political-economy-drezner/ios-drezner-web.pdf)

Independently, failure to grant MES causes China to opt-out of WTO obligations
Winters 16 - Professor of Economics at the University of Sussex and former Chief Economist at the Department for International Development (L. Alan, January 20, Borderlex interview with L. Alan Winters, INTERVIEW: L. Alan Winters on China MES – “a coordinated view would look like the rest of the world is ganging up on China”, http://www.borderlex.eu/interview-l-alan-winters-china-market-economy-status/)//SLR

Chinese buy-in to WTO norms is key to long-term survival of the WTO
Brown 9 - Associate Professor in the Department of Economics and International Business School at Brandeis University and a Non-Resident Fellow in the Global Economy and Development Program at the Brookings Institution (Chad, “U.S.--China Trade Conflicts and the Future of the WTO,” 33 Fletcher F. World Aff. 27, Lexis)//BB

WTO solves nuclear war---credibility and resilience is key
Hamann 9 - associate in Lewis, Roca, Rothberger’s Litigation Practice Group, J.D. from Vanderbilt University Law School (GEORGIA L. Hamann, May 2009, “Replacing Slingshots with Swords: Implications of the Antigua-Gambling 22.6 Panel Report for Developing Countries and the World Trading System”, http://www.vanderbilt.edu/jotl/manage/wp-content/uploads/hamann-cr_final_final.pdf)//BB

Loss of WTO credibility leads to RTA-prolif
Bradford 10 - Assistant Professor, University of Chicago Law School (Anu, “When the WTO Works, and How It Fails,” 51 Va. J. Int'l L. 1)//BB

Regionalism without the WTO upsets the global trade balance and causes World War 3---multilateralism promotes sustainable trade
Cho 6 - SJD @ Harvard Law, LLM – International Economic Law @ Michigan Law, MPA – Seoul National University, LLB – Seoul National University, Professor of International Economic Law @ IIT Chicago-Kent, consultant to the South Korean government's Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Energy, and former WTO negotiator

The plan promotes sustainable US-China cooperation---it’s comparatively the most important gesture to China, and defuses other areas of tension
Ikenson 12 – MA in economics @ GWU, former director of international trade planning for an international accounting and business advisory firm (Daniel, “Trade Policy Priority One: Averting a U.S.-China “Trade War”,” Free Trade Bulletin, No. 47)//BB

**No alt causes---market-economy status creates __momentum__ to __resolve other kinks__ in the relationship
Watson 16 – JD from Tulane University Law School, and an LLM in international and comparative law from the George Washington University Law School (K William, “Eleven Months Left to Revoke China’s Nonmarket Economy Status,” http://www.cato.org/blog/eleven-months-left-revoke-chinas-nonmarket-economy-status)//BB

Withholding MES status decks relations
Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan 16 – Law firm in India, represented by qualified international legal attorneys with a focus on tax, corporate and IPR law (Lexology, “China: NME or ME?,” May, http://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=e9d5b195-6d6f-4555-9f33-40ec472f6f60)//BB

Economic engagement is the only way to prevent conflict
CIIS 9 (China Institute of International Studies, “China-U.S. Economic and Trade Relations: A Win-Win Partnership,” August 21, http://www.ciis.org.cn/english/2009-08/21/content_3815090.htm)//MA

Economics outweighs security
Wyne 15 – Adjunct staff @ RAND, Fellow @ Atlantic Council, MPP @ Harvard (Ali, “The Strategic Importance of U.S.-China Trade Ties,” Carnegie Council, http://www.carnegiecouncil.org/publications/ethics_online/0106)//BB

**Specifically---the plan sustains cooperation over __Korea__, the __Middle East__ and __climate change__
Deynoot 16 – MA International Conflict and Security @ Kent; Consultant, EU Public Affairs @ Weber-Shandick (Christiaan, “Towards China’s Market Economy Status,” April, http://webershandwick.be/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Weber-Shandwick-Report-Towards-China-Market-Economy-Status_April-2016.pdf)//BB

US-China climate cooperation solves warming
Atlantic Council 13 (September,Working Group Members: Chu Shulong, Deputy Director, Institute of International Strategic and Development Studies, Tsinghua University • Da Wei, Director, Institute of American Studies, China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations • Du Lan, Assistant Research Fellow, Department of American Studies, China Institute of International Studies • Huang Ping, Director General, Institute of American Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences • Jin Canrong, Professor and Associate Dean, School of International Studies, Renmin University of China • Liu Qing, Associate Research Fellow, Department of American Studies, China Institute of International Studies • Qu Xing, President, China Institute of International Studies • Ruan Zongze, Vice President, China Institute of International Studies • Wang Fan, Director, Institute of International Relations, Mathew Burrows, former Counselor, US National Intelligence Council; Director, Strategic Foresight Initiative, Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security, Atlantic Council • Thomas Fingar, Oksenberg-Rohlen Distinguished Fellow, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford University • Banning Garrett, Strategic Foresight Senior Fellow for Innovation and Global Trends, Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security, Atlantic Council • Sherri Goodman, Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary, CNA • Barry Hughes, Professor and Director, Frederick S. Pardee Center for International Futures, Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver • Robert Manning, Senior Fellow, Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security, Atlantic Council • Paul Saffo, Consulting Professor, Stanford University; Senior Fellow, Strategic Foresight Initiative, Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security, Atlantic Council • Jonathan Woetzel, Director, McKinsey & Company • Casimir Yost, former Director, Strategic Futures Group, US National Intelligence Council China Foreign Affairs University • Wang Yizhou, Associate Dean, School of International Studies, Peking University China-US Cooperation: Key to the Global Future, http://www.ciis.org.cn/english/2014-01/13/content_6606656.htm)//SLR

The impact is extinction---geological history proves
Bushnell 10 - MS in mechanical engineering, won the Lawrence A. Sperry Award, AIAA Fluid and Plasma Dynamics Award, the AIAA Dryden Lectureship, and is the recipient of many NASA Medals for outstanding Scientific Achievement and Leadership Bushnell (Dennis, "Conquering Climate Change," The Futurist 44. 3, May/Jun 2010, ProQuest) .

US-China cooperation over the Korean peninsula solves conflict---new crises are likely and only US and China can defuse escalation
Gady 16 (Franz-Stefan Gady is an Associate Editor with The Diplomat, a Senior Fellow with the EastWest Institute, and has worked previously as an adjunct research assistant at the Institute for National Strategies Studies of the National Defense University in Washington, D.C., an analyst for the Project on National Security Reform, a congressionally funded nonprofit organization founded to reform the national security structure of the United States. He holds an M.A. in Strategic Studies/International Economics. “Sino-US Cooperation Over North Korea Is Now More Important Than Ever,” The Diplomat, March 19, 2016, http://thediplomat.com/2016/03/sino-us-cooperation-over-north-korea-is-now-more-important-than-ever/)//wm

That triggers nuclear winter and extinction
Hayes and Hamel-Green 9 - Professor of International Relations – RMIT University AND Michael; Dean and Professor of Arts, Education and Human Development – Victoria University (Peter, “The Path Not Taken, The Way Still Open: Denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula and Northeast Asia,” http://www.nautilus.org/projects/A-J-disarm/research-workshop/drafts/hayes-hamel-green.pdf)

US-China cooperation over the Middle East solves conflict

 * Alterman 11 ** (Jon B. Alterman is a senior vice president, holds the Zbigniew Brzezinski Chair in Global Security and Geostrategy, and is director of the Middle East Program at CSIS., “U.S.-China Relations: Cooperating and Contending Over the Middle East” Center for Strategic and International Studies, Middle east program, 2011, https://csis-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/legacy_files/files/publication/110617_Alterman_ChinaExecSummary.pdf)//wm

That solves nuclear war
(James A., “Strategic Stability Reconsidered: Prospects for Escalation and Nuclear War in the Middle East” IFRI, Proliferation Papers, #26, http://www.ifri.org/downloads/PP26_Russell_2009.pdf)
 * Russell 9 ** - Russell, Senior Lecturer, National Security Affairs, Naval Postgraduate School

The plan jump-starts relations without damaging US industries
Frisbie 16 - president of the US-China Business Council (USCBC) since November 2004, has more than 25 years of experience in business and government relations with China, including nearly 10 years living and working in Beijing, BA and MBA degrees from the University of Texas at Austin he received several National Resource Fellowships for language study and is fluent in Mandarin Chinese (John, with Erin Ennis, Senior Vice President of the US-China Business Council, “Is China A “Market Economy”? It Doesn’t Matter.,” http://www.uscnpm.org/blog/2016/05/09/is-china-a-market-economy-it-doesnt-matter/)//BB

Graduating China to a market economy __before the deadline__ and __without condition__ solves US-China relations and promotes global trade liberalization
Watson 14 – JD from Tulane University Law School, and an LLM in international and comparative law from the George Washington University Law School (K William, “Will Nonmarket Economy Methodology Go Quietly into the Night?,” CATO Policy Analysis, No. 763)//BB Ending NME Altogether

Maintaining good relations is key to prevent war—cooperative efforts and risk of miscalculation
Ash 15 (Timothy Garton, October 16, Timothy Garton Ash is a historian, political writer and Guardian columnist., If US relations with China turn sour, there will probably be war, https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/oct/16/us-relations-china-war-america)//SLR